Hezbollah answers Israel: “We will not surrender”

Hezbollah's leader, Naim Qasssem, said Sunday that the group would not surrender and would not lay down arms despite pressure for disarming Lebanese militants. “This threat will not make us accept surrender,” said Qassem in a televised speech before thousands of supporters in the southern suburbs of Beirut, an area [...]
This threat will not make us accept surrender,” said Qassem in a televised speech to thousands of supporters in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a mighty region of Hezbollah.
Qasssem stressed that fighters will not abandon weapons and that Israeli aggression must stop first.
This stance comes as US envoy Tom Barack is expected in Beirut to discuss the issue of Hezbollah's disarmament, which is required to be completed by the end of the year. Lebanese authorities have also reported dismantling Hezbollah's military infrastructure in the south, near the border with Israel. /Periscopi/












