«Israel has failed to destroy Hezbollahnor to annihilate the Resistence or to weaken it.” While the cease-fire between Party of God and it Jewish state appears, after three days, still hanging by a thread – with new raids by theIdf on «terrorists» in the south of Lebanonthe leader of the Shiite movement claims the agreement as a “great victory”, even greater than that achieved in 2006. Naïm Qassemthe heir of Hasan Nasrallah killed byIdf in September, he spoke for the first time since the truce came into force and, with the usual rhetoric, tried to bring people together and appeal for unity, also thanking the allies ofAxis of Resistance, Iran And Yemen. «Our support for Palestine it will not stop – he however reiterated -. The liberation of Jerusalem it remains an objective that we can achieve in other ways.” On the opposite side, the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a special meeting to take stock of the truce and discuss the latest developments in Syriayet another escalation in a region that cannot find peace.
In a pre-recorded intervention, Qassem he promised that Hezbollah will “coordinate” with the regular army in the implementation of the cease-firewhich involves the withdrawal of the militiamen across the river Litanithe deployment of the forces of Beirut in the south of Lebanon with the progressive withdrawal of theIdf. On the political level, he assured that he would work on the election of the president of the Republica position that has been vacant for over two years, scheduled to appear in parliament on January 9th. And he guaranteed the population who fled the Israeli bombs that the party will participate in the reconstruction of everything Israel he destroyed.
There is already talk of reconstruction even beyond the border. The head of Northern Command of theIdf, Ori Gordinhe told the mayors of displaced communities in the north of Israel that we can begin to rebuild cities damaged by attacks Hezbollah. “The forces are deployed in the south of Lebanon and we are committed to the implementation of the agreement”, he guaranteed. The return to the north of the displaced people, who fled the rockets Hezbollah in the aftermath of October 7, it was one of the declared objectives of the war of Israel in Lebanon. Gordin reported that the army is working to strengthen defenses on the border, including by building new army outposts.
The same Netanyahu he has repeatedly repeated that Israel will not accept any further threats from the Lebanon and that it will intervene harshly in case of violations of the truce. A warning that materialized in the afternoon with a new Israeli air attack in the south of the Cedar Country where theIdf claims to have identified and foiled “terrorist activities and movements of a portable rocket launcher of Hezbollah“. According to the media of Beiruthowever, the army of Israel it also targeted civilians who were trying to return to their homes, opening fire and wounding two people. The war, however, makes no concessions on the southern front, with dozens more deaths in the bombings on Gaza Strip where an understanding for a cease-fire and the release of the hostages still appears far away. Hamas for its part, it attacked a bus near Hebron in West Bank injuring at least 8 people.