Any attempt to disarm Hezbollah would embolden Israeli enemy: Lebanese lawmaker

A Lebanese lawmaker has categorically rejected plans to disarm Hezbollah amid escalating Israeli strikes on Lebanon despite a ceasefire, warning that such schemes would only embolden the Tel Aviv regime.

“The Lebanese government is calling on Hezbollah to lay down its weapons whilst the Israeli enemy’s attacks persist and the Zionist regime occupies our land. The Beirut government is actually helping the enemy,” Hussein Jashi, a member of Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc – the political wing of Hezbollah in the Lebanese parliament – said on Wednesday evening.

He called on Lebanese authorities to ask the Mechanism Committee supervising the implementation of the ceasefire agreement to assume its responsibilities to stop Israeli attacks on residential areas and civilians, and to file a complaint with the UN Security Council over the aggression.

Enemy plot against Lebanon similar to conspiracy imposed on Syria, says lawmaker

A senior Lebanese lawmaker has warned that the occupying Israeli regime is drawing up a plot against Lebanon similar to the conspiracy imposed on neighboring Syria.

“The Zionist enemy persists in committing crimes, killings, and acts of terror against Lebanon, and views such practices as a way to achieve its aggressive goals," he said.

The lawmaker added that Israel was attempting to evade the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 through ongoing attacks following the truce.

"The enemy seeks to implement the accord with Lebanon under intimidation and fire," he said, adding that he believed Israel has received the green light from the US to continue this policy.

Jashi argued that Israel’s strategy to disarm Hezbollah also relies on creating perceptions of weakness and eroding public support for resistance.

According to Jashi, the first option would see the Lebanese army disarm Hezbollah by force, a move he warned would pit Lebanese citizens against one another. The second, he added, would be to instill fear of an Israeli invasion and hold the Lebanese government responsible.

He further stressed that both the US and Israel view coercion as a means to assert their dominance in the region.

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