Qassem reassures Israel on settlements but warns it against continuing its attacks
Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Tuesday reassured Israel over the “security” of its northern settlements, as he warned it against continuing its attacks in Lebanon.
“Israel and America want to interfere in Lebanon's future -- in its army, economy and policies. They are exerting pressure because they believe that the (ceasefire) agreement gives Lebanon gains,” said Qassem in a televised speech marking Hezbollah’s ‘Martyr Day’.
“They are pressing the (Lebanese) government to offer concessions without guarantees,” he warned, cautioning that “Israel does not want to withdraw because it wants to control Lebanon politically and geographically.”
“Unfortunately our Lebanese government has only focused on arms monopolization from the entire ministerial statement,” Qassem lamented.
He added: “The Lebanese government is claiming that arms monopolization is aimed at eliminating the Israeli alibis, and there is a new alibi today which is that Hezbollah is regaining its strength and financing. The alibi will then become the existence of Hezbollah itself.”
“Why hasn't the Lebanese government devised a plan with a timetable for regaining Lebanese sovereignty?” he asked, criticizing the government’s plan for collecting all non-state arms in the country.
Noting that “America is using Israel as a tool,” Qassem added that “when we say Israel's aggression we actually mean the Israeli-American aggression.”
“They are interfering in our domestic affairs,” he warned.
Pointing out that “the November 27, 2024 agreement is exclusively for the South Litani area,” Qassem emphasized that “Israel must withdraw and release the captives” and that “there is no danger” facing its northern settlements.
He added that the Lebanese state is in charge of removing Israel from Lebanon and that the 2024 ceasefire agreement cannot be replaced with a new agreement.
“After the implementation of the agreement, there can be an internal discussion among the Lebanese over all issues,” Qassem said.
He meanwhile warned that “the aggression's continuation in this manner cannot persist and everything has its limit.”
“I will not say more and let the relevant officials take action,” he added.
“Intimidation and pressure won't change our stance, we won't give up our arms and any price is less costly than surrender,” Qassem went on to say.
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11 November 2025, 16:59
Qassem: Intimidation and pressure won't change our stance, we won't give up our arms and any price is less costly than surrender.
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11 November 2025, 16:46
Qassem: There is no problem related to the security of the (Israeli) settlements.
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11 November 2025, 16:45
Qassem: The aggression's continuation in this manner cannot continue and everything has its limit. I will not say more and let the relevant officials take action.
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11 November 2025, 16:44
Qassem: After the implementation of the agreement, there can be an internal discussion among the Lebanese over all issues.
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11 November 2025, 16:44
Qassem: The agreement cannot be replaced with another agreement.
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11 November 2025, 16:43
Qassem: The Lebanese state is in charge of removing Israel from Lebanon.
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11 November 2025, 16:43
Qassem: The Nov. 27, 2024 agreement is exclusively for the South Litani area and Israel must withdraw and release the captives.
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11 November 2025, 16:41
Qassem: They are interfering in our domestic affairs.
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11 November 2025, 16:41
Qassem: America is using Israel as a tool. When we say Israel's aggression we actually mean the Israeli-American aggression.
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11 November 2025, 16:40
Qassem: Why hasn't the Lebanese government devised a plan with a timetable for regaining Lebanese sovereignty?
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11 November 2025, 16:39
Qassem: The Lebanese government is claiming that arms monopolization is aimed at eliminating the Israeli alibis, and there is a new alibi today which is that Hezbollah is regaining its strength and financing. The alibi will then become the existence of Hezbollah itself.
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11 November 2025, 16:35
Qassem: Unfortunately our Lebanese government has only focused on arms monopolization from the entire ministerial statement.
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11 November 2025, 16:34
Qassem: Israel does not want to withdraw because it wants to control Lebanon politically and geographically.
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11 November 2025, 16:34
Qassem: They are pressing the (Lebanese) government to offer concessions without guarantees.
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11 November 2025, 16:33
Qassem: They are exerting pressure because they believe that the (ceasefire) agreement gives Lebanon gains.
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11 November 2025, 16:32
Qassem: Israel and America want to interfere in Lebanon's future -- in its army, economy and policies.
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11 November 2025, 16:29
Qassem: It is true that we don't have an armed presence in the South Litani area, but the Lebanese Army exists there.
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11 November 2025, 16:29
Qassem: To us in Hezbollah, the agreement entailed an acceptable cost for the resistance, which was the deployment of the Lebanese Army.
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11 November 2025, 16:28
Qassem: The ceasefire agreement entailed Israel's withdrawal from the South Litani area.
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11 November 2025, 16:27
Qassem: Israel failed to achieve its goals in 2024 ... and its troops failed to advance on the ground.
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11 November 2025, 16:26
Qassem: Israel was deterred from 2000 to to 2023 due to the resistance.
11 November 2025, 18:14
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Before the arse-kicking
- Hezbollah would not negotiate peace with Israel until the war in Gaza ends.
Hassan Nasrallah - Jan 5, 2024
- "the war won't stop on the lebanese front no matter the sacrifices losses and escalation, until the war ends in Gaza"
Hassan Nasrallah - Feb 13, 2024
- "Hezbollah will continue its attacks against Israeli targets, the solution to the crisis is clear: ending the Israeli war on Gaza".
Hassan Nasrallah - 19 Jun 2024
- “If there is a cease-fire in Gaza, we will stop without any discussion,”
Naim Qassem - Jul 2, 2024
- Nasrallah on reiterated a vow that Hezbollah would keep up the fight, insisting that Israel is on its heels after 10 months of grinding war in Gaza.
The Hezbollah leader also promised Lebanese whose homes have been demolished by Israeli attacks that they would be rebuilt “more beautiful than they were before,” calling them a “symbol of our steadfastness and resistance”.
17 Jul 2024
11 November 2025, 18:15
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After the arse-kicking
On 27 November 2024, while the war in Gaza was still raging, a ceasefire agreement was signed by Israel, Nabih Berri, who had Hezbollah's support, and the Hezbollah controlled Lebanese cabinet.
