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Hezbollah Chief Vows to Keep Arms Until Israel Withdraws

Lebanese authorities are due to reply to a US envoy’s disarmament proposal following Hezbollah’s renewed defiance.

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, left, meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Hezbollah supporters beat their chests as they march during Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration marking the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Hezbollah supporters raise their hands and beat their chests as they march during Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration marking the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Overview

  • In a televised address on July 6, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem declared the group would not lay down its weapons until Israel fully withdraws and halts airstrikes.
  • Qassem reiterated that Hezbollah will not accept normalization with Israel under current conditions.
  • Lebanese officials are scheduled to respond soon to US envoy Tom Barrack’s call for Hezbollah to disarm by the end of the year.
  • Since the November 2024 ceasefire, Israel has maintained deployments at five strategic border sites and carried out near-daily airstrikes to curb Hezbollah’s rebuilding.
  • Under Naim Qassem, who succeeded Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah has held firm on armed resistance despite domestic and international pressure to disarm.