Iran-backed Hezbollah claims ‘right to defend its homeland’ in Lebanon

By Agencies and ToI Staff 29 June 2026, 1:54 am

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Displaced residents hold an Iranian and a Hezbollah flags as they pass by a destroyed building that was hit in a previous Israeli airstrike in the southern village of Chehabiyeh, Lebanon, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)

Hezbollah claims it reserves the right to self-defense after several Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon amid a truce and a US-Israel-Lebanon framework to end hostilities.

In a statement, the Iran-backed terrorist group says that it “reiterates that what the enemy has done is a blatant violation of the ceasefire to which it has adhered until now, and that it is monitoring and tracking these violations, and reserves its right to defend its homeland and its people.”