The leader of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallahconsidered today that his battle against Israel serves to balance the balance of power and opened a “chance“so that the Lebanon recover disputed territories in future negotiations, which conditioned the previous end of the war of Loop.
“We are facing a historic opportunity for the total liberation of every inch of our Lebanese land, and a real opportunity to establish a new equation that prevents the Israeli enemy from violating our skies, waters and the sovereignty of our country“, he stated in a speech televised by related channels.
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“This opportunity was opened by this front and it is one of the blessings of supporting Loopbut no conversation on this issue, no dialogue or negotiation will exist or have any results without stopping the aggression against Gaza“added the Shiite cleric.
In the weeks before the outbreak of the Gaza war, the past October 7it came to light that the Lebanon and Israel They had begun to hold indirect talks to delimit their land borders, where there are several disputed points between the two.
The two nations are currently separated by the so-called Blue linea kind of de facto temporary border established by the UN in 2000 to mark the withdrawal line for the departure of the Israeli troops who had occupied southern Lebanon until that moment.
The outbreak of the recent conflict in the Palestinian enclave also unleashed an intense exchange of fire between Hezbollah and the Jewish State in the border areas between both countries, paralyzing the supposed dialogue and unleashing fears of a new war between the parties.
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Nasrallah assured today that one of the objectives of the intervention by his group is “set the balance of deterrence“, which, according to him, could allow Lebanon to recover disputed territories once the current “stage” and “stop the aggression against Gaza”.
A few days before the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamasthe secretary general of Hezbollah had stated that the border delineation was “responsibility of the state” and had promised cooperation in this regard.
This is the fourth speech given by Nasrallah since the start of the border violence and the second this week.