Beirut – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday declared his country’s agreement with Lebanon “a blow to Iran and Hezbollah,” while the militant group’s leader Naim Qassem declared it void.
The agreement, which was signed in Washington on Friday after five rounds of talks and aims to pave the way to peace between the neighbors, includes plans to disarm Hezbollah.
Qassem called the agreement “humiliating, shameful, and a surrender of sovereignty” and warned that it could lead to the Israeli annexation of southern Lebanon.
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