The Secretary-General of the Shiite organization Hezbollah Naim Qassem warned that he would not allow the disarmament of the resistance forces in southern Lebanon.
He stated this in a televised address broadcast by the Al-Manar channel.
“We will not allow anyone to take away the weapons of our fighters and we will strike back if an attempt is made to do so by force“, he stressed.
“We will not allow a civil conflict”, he said, against the backdrop of the escalating tension between Israel and Hezbollah, which has already resulted in civilian casualties on the Lebanese side.