Hezbollah chief on Israeli strikes in Lebanon: The current situation cannot continue

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem delivers a televised speech on October 30, 2024. (Screenshot)
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem delivers a televised speech on October 30, 2024. (Screenshot)

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem warns that the ongoing trend of near-daily Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon “cannot continue.”

“Everything has a limit,” Qassem says in a televised address.

He claims that the fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon only applies to southern Lebanon, suggesting that disarming Hezbollah and other enforcement mechanisms should not apply to areas north of the Litani River.

He reiterates that Hezbollah will not disarm, defying the Lebanese government’s efforts to collect the terror group’s weapons, which Qassem says are needed for self-defense.

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