Naim Qassem

"Disarming the group would amount to fulfilling 'the enemy's objectives.'"

"The US-Iran agreement was a 'great victory' and urged Lebanon to 'benefit from this pivotal point'."

"Facing these similar and intertwining possibilities, and facing this aggression that does not distinguish between us, we are concerned with what is happening and targeted by the possible aggression and determined to defend [ourselves]."

"The framework agreement in Washington is humiliating, shameful, and a surrender of sovereignty. This agreement is null and void."

"the height of crime"

"We will not surrender."

"We will not surrender."

"Yesterday, the IDF struck in the Beirut area and eliminated Ali Yusuf Harshi, the personal secretary and nephew of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem."

"These negotiations are futile."

"These negotiations are futile."

"Nobody outside Lebanon has anything to do with the weapons, the resistance... this is an internal Lebanese matter and not part of negotiations with the enemy."

"My group would not abandon the battlefield."