Deputy head of German intelligence met with Qassem in Haret Hreik

German intelligence vice president Ole Diehl met Saturday evening in Haret Hreik with Hezbollah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem, the pro-Hezbollah newspaper al-Akhbar reported on Tuesday.

Diehl and Qassem had met in January this year.

“The meeting was positive and the two sides demonstrated their viewpoints on the ongoing events in the region and the battle in Gaza and south Lebanon,” sources informed the meeting told the daily.

“Diehl did not carry any threatening messages as Western envoys have frequently done in their meetings with Lebanese officials. He also did not carry a complete initiative,” the sources added, noting that the German official explored Hezbollah’s stance about “what can be done in south Lebanon to avoid an all-out war.”

“Qassem stressed to the German envoy that the enemy’s threat of an all-out war does not scare the resistance, which is powerful and prepared,” the sources went on to say.