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Saturday, January 18, 2025
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Saturday, January 18, 2025
Hezbollah chief says Gaza ceasefire deal shows ‘persistence of resistance’ against Israel
An image grab taken from Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV on November 29, 2024, shows Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem delivering a televised speech from an undisclosed location. In the corner is a picture of slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. (Al-Manar / AFP)
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem congratulates Palestinians on Saturday for the Gaza ceasefire deal, saying it proved the “persistence of resistance” against Israel in his first comments since Israel and Hamas reached the accord on Wednesday.
“This deal, which was unchanged from what was proposed in May 2024, proves the persistence of resistance groups, which took what they wanted while Israel was not able to take what it sought,” the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group says in a speech.
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in November.
