Qassem says border attacks won't stop before Gaza war ends
Hezbollah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has stressed that Hezbollah is maintaining “very high preparedness” and that “the frontier in Lebanon will remain open as long as the aggression against Gaza continues.”
“Neither threats nor temptations are of use with us and we will not link what’s happening on the border to any domestic juncture,” Qassem said.
“We will not discuss with anyone any arrangements for the Lebanese south as long as the aggression against Gaza continues,” Hezbollah number two added.
“When the aggression against Gaza ends, we will see and evaluate what requires discussion and what is outside of any discussion,” he went on to say.
More than 120 people have been killed on the Lebanese side of the border since October 7, mostly Hezbollah fighters and more than a dozen civilians.
Israel says six of its soldiers and four Israeli civilians have been killed in the area, and Lebanon lost its first soldier in the exchanges earlier this month.
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Qassem to all the people of Lebanon and the south in particular: "We decide if you live or you die and what happens to your children and loved ones, regardless what you or everyone else in the country wants. We only obey the orders of one leader, wise and just, that of our tutor and faqih Sayyed Ali Khamenei God save him!"
