Joseph Aoun tells British, Dutch officials Israel’s continued presence in southern Lebanon undermines plan to place all arms, including Hezbollah’s, under state control - Anadolu Ajansı

"We affirm our legitimate right to resist occupation and aggression and to stand by our army and our people to protect the sovereignty of our country," Hezbollah said. Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Thursday that the terror group had "a legitimate right to resist (Israeli) occupation,

(Reuters) -Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday the Lebanese government must fulfill its commitment to disarm Hezbollah and remove it from southern Lebanon, as Israel continued to intermittently attack the group in the south of the country.

PM says Lebanese terror group is 'trying to rearm and recuperate,' as hundreds gather in south Lebanon for funeral of five operatives slain by IDF in recent strikes

The possibility that Hamas will put aside its weapons is the same possibility that Israel will win the [World Cup],” said former Israel Security Agency head Avi Dichter.

Israel struck Lebanon on Friday in some of the first airstrikes since the country’s ceasefire with Hamas began. The airstrikes hit the village of Msayleh in southern Lebanon, killing one person and injuring seven, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.

Oct. 11 (UPI) --Israel early Saturday morning targeted sites in southern Lebanon it said Hezbollah was using to "reestablish its terrorist infrastructure" in the country despite a ceasefire deal agreed to last year, killing one and injuring at least seven.

Kataib Hezbollah, a hard-line Iraqi militia linked to Iran, held Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, hostage for more than two years.