Hezbollah says Lebanon disarmament plan serves Israel, vows to keep weapons | Hezbollah News

Group’s leader urges government ‘not to hand over the country to an insatiable Israeli aggressor or an American tyrant’.

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem has accused Lebanon’s government of “handing” the country to Israel by pushing for the group’s disarmament, warning it would fight to keep its weapons.

Qassem spoke in a televised address on Friday after meeting Iran’s top security chief, Ali Larijani. Tehran has long backed the Lebanese armed group.

Hezbollah emerged badly weakened…