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Hezbollah says those demanding it disarm are ‘serving’ Israel
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A handout picture released by the Iranian presidency shows the deputy chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Naim Qassem, during a meeting with Iran's new president in Tehran on July 29, 2024. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem says that those demanding its disarmament are “serving the Israeli project,” accusing US envoy Tom Barrack of “intimidating” Lebanon.
In a televised address marking the first anniversary of the targeted killing by Israel of senior commander Fuad Shukr, Qassem says, “anyone calling today for the surrender of weapons, whether internally or externally, on the Arab or the international stage, is serving the Israeli project.”
He accuses Barrack of using “intimidation and threats” with the aim of “aiding Israel.”
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