Hezbollah chief threatens response to continued Israeli ‘aggression’ in Lebanon
The Times of Israel reports: “Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem warned Saturday that if Israel continues to carry out strikes in Lebanon, and the Lebanese government does not act to stop it, then the terror group will take matters into its own hands.
His comments came a day after Israel carried out strikes in Beirut for the first time since a November ceasefire went into effect, after two rockets were fired at northern Israel from Lebanon on Friday morning.
In a speech marking Quds Day, Qassem insisted that Hezbollah was still committed to the November 27 ceasefire agreement that ended over a year of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group.
‘We fully complied and we have no presence south of the Litani, but Israel did not abide,’ Qassem declared. His comments contradict the IDF’s assessment that it has struck dozens of Hezbollah fighters operating south of the Litani River since the start of the ceasefire, in violation of the deal’s terms.
‘Israel is carrying [out] aggressions every day. These are not violations. They are an aggression that crossed all limits,’ the Hezbollah chief added…”
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