Hezbollah hints it won't disarm if Israel still occupies southern Lebanon
A senior Hezbollah official has hinted that the Lebanese group will not lay down its weapons as long as Israel is occupying parts of the country.
Sheikh Mohammed Daamoush made his comments in Beirut during a sermon for Friday prayers adding that Israel’s occupation of five strategic hilltops and the daily violations of a ceasefire aim to pressure Lebanon to normalize relations with Israel.
Daamoush said the state now controls the border with Israel and Lebanon's new government is backed by the international community and has weapons, so “what have you done to face daily Israeli violations and aggression?”
He called on authorities to convince the public about why weapons should only be held by the state, adding, “When there is occupation and a continuing aggression weapons should be in the hands of men and everyone should repel this occupation.”
15 March 2025, 14:10
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“what have you done to face daily Israeli violations and aggression?”
Why don't you tell us what you have done to stop Israeli aggression?
“When there is occupation and a continuing aggression weapons should be in the hands of men and everyone should repel this occupation.”
lol... You had all the weapons in the world... tell us why you did to repel the occupation. Your weapons were a joke and only used to intimidate the Lebanese and control the government.
15 March 2025, 14:18
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They are never going to disarm. Why people don't realize that. They will not hand weapons to anyone, not now not tomorrow not ever.
The only way they will do is to break the regime in Iran and the IRGC. End of story.
It's that simple really.
15 March 2025, 14:47
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It is more likely than not that Lebanon's government and the Lebanese Army's first military conflict will be with the factions of Hezbollah intent on keeping their military equipment, than the first conflict being with Lebanon's enemy to the South.
Berri will not have what he holds most dear in his alliance with Hezbollah. Aoun and the Army of the Republic will no longer allow it, for the price of international dismissal as a sovereign country has been proved to be too high.
