Hezbollah has gained strength, one of its representatives in the Lebanese parliament said this week.
Hassan Ezzedine, from the Tyre district, was first elected to parliament in 1992. “The resistance in Lebanon has regained its health,” he said, Beirut-based newspaper Al Akhbar reported. Hezbollah refers to itself as the “resistance.”
“The resistance in Lebanon has regained its strength, remains present and active, and can confront the enemy at any moment if it launches a ground attack,” Ezzedine was quoted as saying. Hezbollah had not been defeated, he said.
The terrorist group was clobbered by Israel last year, and a ceasefire came into effect last November. Since then, Israel has frequently struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Hezbollah appears to be on the run, but it has not been disarmed. Like Hamas, it refuses to hand over its arms. Senior Hezbollah officials appear to be pushing for a comeback.
Hezbollah “still possesses the will and motivation, as well as the just cause of defending the land and dignity,” Ezzedine said. Several areas Israel controls in Lebanon will not remain under its control, and Israel will “withdraw sooner or later,” he said.
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“During a ceremony held by Hezbollah to honor the martyrs of Khiam, Ezzedine emphasized that ‘the resistance in Lebanon has recovered, remains present and capable of confronting the enemy at any moment, launching a ground attack or attempting to occupy more territory,’” Al Akhbar, which is considered pro-Hezbollah, reported.
Israel’s continued strikes are “nothing but psychological pressure and intimidation and economic terror in an attempt to maintain the state of terror and fear,” he said, adding that “the destruction of civilian vehicles and infrastructure will not make us surrender to the will of this enemy, and our presence today in the city of Khiam and in the other villages [on the front] is nothing but a challenge to this enemy, and this weapon that it is using will not benefit it at all, and it will not be able to break our will to stand firm and survive.”
This is an important symbol of how Hezbollah is bragging that it will return. It is putting on a brave face, because it is still weak.
“We will continue to pursue our responsibilities at the parliamentary, political, and party levels to pressure the government to include a clause for reconstruction and reconstruction in the 2026 budget, as it is one of the priorities of the government program on the basis of which the government gained confidence,” Ezzedine said. “Our second priority is to expel the enemy from the land it occupies.”
He also warned against normalization and “peace” with Israel.
Regarding talk in Lebanon about “establishing relations with the Zionist enemy… is something that is rejected and condemned, because most of the Lebanese people refuse to establish relations with the Zionist enemy, and I do not believe that the government wants this,” Ezzedine said. It is regrettable that “some representatives and politicians on television have begun promoting this proposal,” he said.