Qassem says Hezbollah will turn battlefield into 'hell' for Israel
Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Tuesday that his group will not stop fighting and will turn the battlefield into "hell" for Israel.
"We will keep fighting, we will respond to all violations, and we will not return to how things were before March 2," Qassem said.
Before March 2, Israel kept striking Lebanon and occupied 5 hills in the south despite a ceasefire reached in November 2024, while Hezbollah abided to the ceasefire and ceased attacks.
A new ceasefire was reached on April 17. Hezbollah this time said it will respond to Israeli violations. Israeli troops are now occupying a "yellow zone", that runs 10 kilometers inside south Lebanon, and Israel has intensified its attacks on the south and east.
Israel and Lebanon will hold a third round of direct talks in Washington this week.
Qassem called for indirect negotiations, adding that negotiations are the responsibility of the state. He said his group would cooperate with the state to end the war and the occupation, through indirect negotiations, but added that Hezbollah's weapons remain a domestic matter and should not be part of negotiations with Israel.
"Nobody outside Lebanon has anything to do with the weapons, the resistance... this is an internal Lebanese matter and not part of negotiations with the enemy," Qassem said.
"We will not surrender and we will continue to defend Lebanon and its people, however long it takes and however great the sacrifices... we will not abandon the battlefield and we will turn it into hell for Israel," he added in the statement, which was addressed to the group's fighters and broadcast on its al-Manar television channel, as fighting continues in Lebanon despite a ceasefire.
12 May 2026, 14:12
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Hey Youssef: Since when did you grow a beard? Yours is far too gray and white for anyone young enough to serve in government. Time to find a new job more suitable for people beyond their productive and constructive years, don't you think?
12 May 2026, 14:27
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This guy will never return to the surface of Lebanon. He is hated by Lebanese to the degree that they do not need a reward for giving information about him to the Israelis. They would actually pay to see him off to his imaginary paradise. For the rest of his life he will have the choice between the sewers of Dahiye or a bed and breakfast in Teheran (as long as the mullahs are in charge, that is..)
12 May 2026, 14:54
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"Nobody outside Lebanon has anything to do with the weapons" Angry Bird has lost his mind.. Someone had to wake him up to tell about the March 2 attack.. "the weapons, the resistance.. not part of negotiations with the enemy".. he means they're not part of Lebanon's negotiations but part of Iran's negotiations with the enemy.. "we will not abandon the battlefield".. he's already done this. His commanders are getting killed far away from the battlefield while children and foreign fighters are dying and surrendering.. "we will turn it into hell for Israel".. when.. when are they gonna do this? hassin has promised this since the Israelis were on their side of the border. Angry Bird has taken takiya to a new level.
12 May 2026, 15:17
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THE ONLY HELL IS FOR LEBANON, A 35-YEAR NIGHTAMARE SINCE OCCUPIED BY THESE IRG MERCENARIES. At no time HizbIran, these IRG criminal mercenaries worshipers of a mass-murderer regime, defended Lebanon. These criminals occupied, bankrupted & systematically destroyed our country including their cities as sacrificial wood for IRG regional ambitions. Lebanese corrupt politicians from Michel Aoun to Bassil, Jumblat, Frangieh, SSNP sold Lebanon to the Basij for personal benefits allowing them to destroy our country, turning it from the best Arab state with strongest middle class, education & health system, freedom and democracy; into a beggar state with millions under poverty unable to afford food or medicine while HizbIran spending billions of stolen money on arms and tunnels turning our land into Swiss cheese full of Iranian rockets. Nuremberg trial is coming and every traitor & political or media prostitute of HizbIran IRG mercenaries will be facing justice!
