Hezbollah on Friday issued its first formal response to the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement, calling on Lebanese authorities to scrap the deal. The organization said the accord represents "unilateral concessions without any compensation" and warned it would "lead to the destruction of the state and serve only the enemy." Hezbollah ministers sit in Lebanon's government, creating a contested dynamic over the pact's implementation.
The statement, the organization's first formal response to the tripartite framework agreed between Israel and Lebanon in Washington, was circulated Friday evening via Hezbollah-affiliated channels. Hezbollah characterized the agreement as "unilateral concessions without any compensation" and warned it would "lead to the destruction of the state and serve only the enemy."
The demand places Hezbollah in direct opposition to the Lebanese government, in which the organization holds ministerial positions — a structural tension that complicates implementation. As The Zioneer reported minutes earlier (21:46 Jerusalem), Hezbollah sources told Al-Arabi that the government had granted Israel "power of attorney to stay in Lebanese territory" and that the party does not consider itself bound by the pact. The earlier 21:49 bulletin noted Hezbollah's call for the government to withdraw from the ceasefire agreement itself.
The framework agreement, unveiled Friday, represents a US-mediated effort to normalize relations and secure a permanent ceasefire along the Israel-Lebanon border. Hezbollah's rejection is consistent with its previous warnings: last Thursday (June 25), a Hezbollah MP told a southern Lebanese village gathering that no concession to Israel would be implemented without the organization's approval. The development signals that the political path to implementation faces significant opposition from the armed group that fought Israel for months.
3 developments
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