Qassem says Israel's withdrawal is the 'only solution'
Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem announced Tuesday that “Israel will not be able to remain in southern Lebanon,” stressing that Israeli withdrawal is the only “solution.”
“The liberation of southern Lebanon is before our very eyes, and Israel will not be able to remain in southern Lebanon, even if it takes time,” said Qassem in a televised address.
“This resistance -- which stood firm alongside its fighters and its people -- managed to present a legendary story of resilience throughout this entire period of ongoing aggression, especially over the last two years,” he added.
Addressing those calling for Hezbollah’s disarmament inside and outside the country, Qassem said: “We cannot be anything other than a resistance as long as this aggression exists. Turn to the enemy and demand that they leave in order to reach a solution. As for being told, ‘Offer concessions so the enemy leaves,’ we have nothing to offer because we are the ones being aggressed upon, and there are agreements that the enemy has failed to respect.”
“The solution begins with the enemy leaving humiliated -- the Israeli enemy along with the Americans who support them with all their capacity to commit aggression against our region. This is the solution as far as we are concerned, so do not ask us about other solutions,” Qassem went on to say.
He however added that Hezbollah ready to cooperate domestically over the issue of “arms monopolization” and other files, in accordance with “the established constitutional frameworks” and away from “the dictates of American or non-American tutelage.”
06 October 2026, 18:14
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The only solution is for this clown to die and for hezbullah to disarm!!!
06 October 2026, 19:27
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Translation: Before, the enemy to the South was South of the border and we were bellicose in "Resistance". Then we made a mistake in choosing to act in ways that forced the enemy to come North of the border and wreak destruction on the South. Now, we who brought them here cannot figure-out how to make them leave. So we call on the government to accomplish what we cannot by ridding the country of the enemy, but not judging us harshly for our failures; in fact we insist of the government that be allowed every tool needed so to err again and again, so that in sophistry we will achieve victories as the quality of life continues to deteriorate as it was doing before the enemy came across the border.
