Hezbollah rejects calls to disarm before end of Israeli ‘aggression’ against Lebanon – Middle East Monitor

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said Friday that the group will not respond to calls to hand over its weapons before the “end of the Israeli aggression” against Lebanon, Anadolu reports.

It came in a televised speech that was broadcast by Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV channel.

“In response to those who demand that the resistance (Hezbollah) hand over its weapons, first demand the departure of the aggression. It is unreasonable not to criticize the…