Hezbollah's Secretary-General explicitly rejects international and domestic pressure to disarm, calling it a 'major sin' that serves Israeli interests.
In a defiant speech marking the anniversary of Hezbollah's "Martyr Leaders," Secretary-General Naim Qassem addressed the mounting international and domestic pressure on the group to disarm. Covered heavily in both Arabic and Hebrew summaries, Qassem labeled the Lebanese government's focus on disarming Hezbollah as a "major sin" that ultimately serves Israeli aggression.
He asserted that the group does not seek war but is fully prepared to inflict pain if attacked, emphasizing a "defense triad" where the Resistance is a shared responsibility of the state, the army, and the people.
Pro-Hezbollah media frames the disarmament demands not as a constitutional necessity for state sovereignty, but as foreign tutelage and capitulation to the US and Israel.