A Hezbollah spokesperson told Newsweek the group is „strong in the field and with every day that passes we become stronger.“
A representative of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement has announced to Newsweek the group’s victory after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the backing of his cabinet for a ceasefire approval.
Netanyahu said during televised remarks Tuesday that he would recommend an agreement to halt the conflict in Lebanon, which intensified substantially in recent months amid a simultaneous war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel has been engaged in battles on multiple fronts in the Middle East since Hamas led a surprise attack against the country on October 7, 2023.
Shortly after Netanyahu’s announcement, a spokesperson for Hezbollah told Newsweek that the group, which was involved indirectly in United States-backed negotiations via Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, had yet to be officially notified of the plan’s approval.
„We have not been informed of Israel’s approval until now except through the media“, the Hezbollah spokesperson said. „We will wait for the document.“
Still, the Hezbollah spokesperson affirmed that, despite the heavy blows dealt to the powerful organization throughout the conflict, it remained „strong in the field and with every day that passes we become stronger.“
„Israel was defeated“, the spokesperson said. „It only killed innocent people.“
Newsweek reached out to the Israel Consulate General in New York for comment.
Israeli media reported that Netanyahu’s cabinet quickly voted in favor of the ceasefire deal, the contents of which have yet to be made public.
