Beirut: Hezbollah Chief Naim Qassem said that only developments on battlefield, not political moves, would bring an end to hostilities between Lebanese armed group and Israeli military.

“I will tell you very clearly, our conviction is that only one thing can stop this war of aggression and that is battlefield,” said Qassem, who was elected as Hezbollah’s Secretary General following killing of his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli strikes in September.

He said that he did not believe “Political action” would bring about an end to more than year-long conflict, playing out in parallel with Israel’s war in Gaza.

In pre-recorded televised address, Qassem said there would be road to indirect negotiations through Lebanese state only if Israel decided to stop its attacks on Lebanon.

“When enemy decides to stop aggression, there is path for negotiations that we have clearly defined-indirect negotiations through Lebanese state and Speaker (of parliament Nabih) Berri,” said Qassem.

He said those talks could only proceed if they guaranteed “Protection of Lebanese sovereignty in full, without anything missing,” but did not provide further details.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 07 2024

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