Hezbollah vows not to surrender weapons while Israel exists, warns Lebanese government – Middle East Monitor

The Lebanese group Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem declared on Friday that the party will not hand over its weapons as long as Israel continues to exist.

Qassem made the statement in a televised address delivered on the occasion of the 40th-day commemoration of Imam Hussein in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek.

The commemoration marks the end of a 40-day mourning period for the grandson of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, Imam Hussein, killed in battle…