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Hezbollah essential to protecting Lebanon's sovereignty: Lebanese MP

Monday, 30 December 2024 5:49 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 30 December 2024 6:29 PM ]

Lebanese lawmakers Hassan Fadlallah (Photo via social media)

Lebanese lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah has underscored the influential role of the Hezbollah resistance movement in the elimination of potential threats from the Israeli regime, saying that addressing Israeli aggression requires a unified national stance.

“Calls to rely solely on UNIFIL (The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) and state institutions to manage security in southern Lebanon are misleading. Resistance is essential to protecting sovereignty and preventing [Israeli] occupation,” Fadlallah said on Monday.

“Addressing Israeli aggression requires a unified national stance, with responsibility shared by the state, official institutions, and political forces.”

The Lebanese parliamentarian said his country is fully implementing the ceasefire agreement, but the fragile situation cannot continue indefinitely.

“Israel will not achieve through indirect means what it failed to accomplish militarily. Our fighters will not allow further occupation. The Lebanese state, international monitoring committees, and the UNIFIL must take responsibility, as Israel is imposing its moves,” he said.

Fadlallah finally took a swipe at those who are pushing for leaving the state of affairs at the hands of the Lebanese government and international bodies, saying, “How will you protect Lebanon's sovereignty in the next 60 days? Resistance is the only effective defense.”

Israel preparing to stay in southern Lebanon after ceasefire: Report

A new report has revealed that the Israeli military is preparing to possibly keep its forces in southern Lebanon, after the end of a 60-day fragile ceasefire.

Israel was forced to accept the ceasefire with Hezbollah after suffering heavy losses following almost 14 months of fighting and failing to achieve its goals in its aggression on Lebanon.

The truce deal came into effect on November 27. It will last for 60 days in the hope of reaching a permanent cessation of hostilities.

Under the agreement, an international monitoring committee, headed by the US, is tasked with overseeing the implementation of the ceasefire.

On Saturday, the Israeli military committed 11 violations of the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, bringing the total number of Israeli breaches since last month to 330.

The Israeli forces had violated the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon at least 319 times by the end of December 27 under the pretext of “facing threats from Hezbollah”.

According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, at least 32 people have been killed and 38 injured in Israeli attacks since the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.

Hezbollah opened a support front for Palestinians in Gaza only a day after Israel unleashed its campaign of genocide in the besieged territory in October 2023, launching numerous retaliatory attacks against Israeli targets in the occupied lands.

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