Gemayel blasts Hezbollah, says Lebanon fate now depends on Sinwar and Netanyahu

Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel has criticized Hezbollah for putting Lebanon at the mercy of Hamas and Israel and for trying to influence the presidential file.

Gemayel said in a televised interview on Tuesday night that Hezbollah has failed to impose its hegemony over the presidential file because the opposition, including the Free Patriotic Movement, rallied against it.

He said he is open to finding a middle ground and that he would welcome any settlement on the condition that it be in Lebanon's interest.

Gemayel criticized Hezbollah for starting a war with Israel, despite Lebanon's crisis. "Hezbollah’s calculations are not in Lebanon's interest as the group considers Iran's influence and the resistance coalition more important," he said.

Gemayel went on to say that "the southern front did not affect at all" the course of the war in Gaza. "This front has no meaning at all," he added.

"Hezbollah has leased Lebanon to (Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya) Sinwar and (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu, and now our fate depends on these two men," Gemayel charged.