Overview

• Qassem called the Trump-backed Gaza ceasefire and reconstruction proposal “full of dangers,” portraying it as a vehicle for Israeli objectives after failures in war.
• Hamas has given a positive response to the plan, while Qassem said Palestinian factions would make their own decision and that he would not weigh in on the details.
• Lebanon’s cabinet directed the army to draft a plan to disarm Hezbollah by the end of 2025 and later welcomed a military proposal without holding a vote or setting a timeline.
• Qassem rejected the Lebanese disarmament effort and pledged that Hezbollah would keep its weapons.
• He delivered the remarks at a memorial for two commanders killed last year and warned against what he called a “Greater Israel project.”