Hezbollah is threatening to blow up the historic framework peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon just one day after it was signed.
The Iran-backed terrorist group’s leader Naim Qassem declared that the deal was “null and void” and called it a “grave blunder.”
“The framework agreement in Washington is humiliating, shameful, and a surrender of sovereignty,” he said.
“Linking the Israeli withdrawal to the disarmament of the resistance throughout Lebanon is a very dangerous proposition that crosses all red lines,” he added.
The framework, announced Friday, called for the Lebanese Armed Forces to gradually assume control over areas in the country’s south currently occupied by Israel — conditioned on the disarmament and clearing of Hezbollah forces.
Qassem called for the deal to be replaced with the Memorandum of Understanding reached between Iran and the US — which calls for the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”
Hezbollah would continue to fight Israel and not disarm, he vowed.
“We did not leave the battlefield in the most difficult circumstances, and we will not leave it,” Qassem said.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri — whose Amal political party has close ties to Hezbollah — warned the deal was an “incitement to civil war.”
Dozens of Hezbollah supporters flooded the streets of Beirut Friday night to protest the deal — as demonstrators blocked roads, burned tires and waved the terror group’s infamous yellow flag.
The Lebanese military vowed to maintain order in the midst of the pro-terror demonstrations.
“The army command will not allow any breach of security or threat to civil peace through actions with unpredictable consequences, road blockages, or attacks on public or private property,” the LAF said in a statement.
Israeli defense officials warned that Hezbollah may launch attacks at IDF soldiers or into Israel itself in an attempt to undermine the deal, The Times of Israel reported.
Meanwhile, one person was killed and two were wounded in an Israeli drone strike in Southern Lebanaon Saturday, according to Lebanese health officials.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the deal as a “historic achievement for Israel” and said that it was the first step toward peace between the two countries in a speech Saturday.
He proceeded to say that the IDF would retain full freedom of action in Lebanon, and that the deal was a major setback for Iran and Hezbollah.
“[We] are essentially telling Iran, ‘This is none of your business. You have no status here, no involvement and no role. Not you, not Hezbollah, not any terror group,’” he said.
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