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Hezbollah's Qassem rejects the Israel-Lebanon framework as 'a surrender of sovereignty'

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Local time
4:25 PM in Beirut
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Beirut, Lebanon

In a televised statement, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem called the framework signed in Washington 'humiliating, shameful and a surrender of sovereignty' and 'null and void', rejected linking Israeli withdrawal to Hezbollah's disarmament and said the group would not abandon armed resistance.

Why it matters

Disarmament is the framework's condition for Israeli withdrawal, so the armed group it targets rejecting it left the process with no path on the ground; Israel's defence minister told troops to prepare for an 'extended stay'.

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