Hezbollah Secretary-General and a Hezbollah MP issued harsh public condemnation of the 14-article framework agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon, calling it a severe failure and a surrender to the Israeli enemy. The deal is backed by Sunni factions in Lebanon and the European Union.
Hezbollah Secretary-General publicly denounced the 14-article framework agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon as a 'historic error', escalating the organization's political opposition to the deal. The statement, reported Saturday evening, describes the accord as a severe blow that forfeits Lebanese sovereignty to the Israeli enemy. A Hezbollah MP echoed the condemnation, calling the agreement a surrender rather than a diplomatic accord. The condemnations come as the Lebanese Army forcibly dispersed pro-Hezbollah protests that blocked major Beirut intersections overnight.
This is the third public criticism from Hezbollah's leadership within hours on Saturday. At 16:21 Jerusalem, the Secretary-General first called the agreement a 'terrible mistake' and urged its replacement with a US-Iran memorandum of understanding, according to Arabic-language reports. Minutes later, at the same timestamp, he declared the agreement 'void' and called for implementing US-Iran understandings, as reported by i24NEWS. In a second statement at 16:21, Naim Qassem explicitly labeled linking Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon to Hezbollah's disarmament a 'red line', denouncing the Washington understandings as 'humiliating, shameful, and illegitimate'.
The condemnations follow The Zioneer's earlier reports that the framework was signed in Washington on Friday night or Saturday — first reported as an unverified claim at Friday 22:37 Jerusalem, then confirmed when Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the signing at Saturday 21:02 Jerusalem. The deal maintains an Israeli security zone in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah disarms, with pilot areas for Lebanese army deployment. As The Zioneer reported on Saturday, the agreement is backed by Sunni factions in Lebanon and the European Union.
What remains open: Hezbollah's next steps are unclear — whether the organization will escalate its political opposition or attempt to disrupt the agreement's implementation through armed means. The Lebanese government's ability to enforce the deal against Hezbollah's stated opposition has not been tested.
5 developments
- StrongHezbollah says it is not committed to the framework deal with Israel
- StrongIran demands full IDF withdrawal from Lebanon; Israel publicly rejects, says it will not retreat
- StrongIsrael-Lebanon framework: mutual recognition, IDF withdrawal after Hezbollah disarmament
- DevelopingHezbollah says it rejects ceasefire, refuses to end hostilities with Israel
Source and signal
- Internal intake