Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said that the US and Israeli push towards disarmament aims to reduce the power of the resistance, calling on the government to end Israeli aggression and occupation of the south, Mehr News Agency reports.
Qassem delivered a speech on Tuesday to the Party’s ceremony marking Martyr’s Day.
The Hezbollah leader said at the start of his speech. "The best way to commemorate this great day is by recalling the words of the Master of the Ummah Martyrs Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah: ‘When we are martyred, we win"
"Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah used to say that "We achieve victory when we are martyred", he added.
"Hezbollah military battle prevented 75 thousand Israeli soldiers and officers from invading Lebanon," Qassem said.
"Army-people-resistance formula consecrated the balance of deterrence during the period between 2000 and 2023," he continued.
"The Lebanese Army deployment in South Lebanon is not a defeat for Hezbollah; we are glad to see that," he said elsewhere, warning that "‘Israel’ plans to interfere in all Lebanon’s domestic issues."
"The Lebanese government thinks disarming Resistance will deactivate Israeli pretexts, but the enemy generates new excuses to attack Lebanon," Qassem further said.
"Ceasefire agreement is effective in the south of Litani River exclusively," he later said, stressing that "the Lebanese government must work to expel the Israeli occupation."
"We will not lay down our weapons; It was these weapons that allowed us to reach an agreement," he asserted.
"The enemy wants to destroy us; therefore, we have the right to do anything in the face of this danger," said the Hezbollah leader, adding that "We will defend our land, our families, and our dignity, and we will not surrender."
"Bullying and pressure will not deter us from defending ourselves," Qassem asserted.
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