Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem Vows Continued Resistance Against Israel
Qassem declares that the group will not surrender and warns of intensified conflict following reports of Israeli casualties
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem stated that the group will continue to defend Lebanon against US-Israeli aggression, vowing to maintain its armed resistance and rejecting any territorial concessions to Israel.
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BEIRUT, May 12. /TASS/. The Shiite organization Hezbollah will continue to defend Lebanon against US-Israeli aggression, refusing to surrender, the group’s secretary-general, Naim Qassem, said in a written address to supporters published on Telegram.
"The forces of the Islamic resistance will not lay down their arms," Qassem stated. "We will not leave the battlefield; instead, we will turn it into a living hell for Israeli soldiers."
According to him, Lebanon "will never become part of 'Greater Israel.'"
Qassem’s statement followed reports that eight soldiers from Israel’s elite Golani Brigade were wounded during an operation on the northern bank of the Litani River.
