Kassem called for national unity in Lebanon, adding that Hezbollah is not ready to discuss the issue of its weapons outside a “national security strategy."
A U.N. peacekeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stands at his post in the village of Markaba, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon,
Israel has kept up its strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon despite the truce and has vowed to continue them until the militant group has been disarmed.