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Saturday, June 27, 2026
Hezbollah chief says Israel-Lebanon deal ‘null,’ should be replaced by US-Iran MOU
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem addresses crowds via a giant screen. June 17, 2026. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says that the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington is “null,” a “humiliation” and a surrender of sovereignty, and should be replaced by the Iran-US memorandum.
Qassem says in a statement that any attempt to link Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon to the terror group’s disarmament crossed “red lines.”
He accuses Lebanese authorities of “legitimizing” Israeli occupation through this “grave blunder.”
AFP and the Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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