Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc MP Ibrahim Al-Moussawi on Wednesday rejected comments by President Joseph Aoun suggesting the November 2024 ceasefire agreement gave Israel freedom to attack Lebanon, calling it a “severe confusion” requiring immediate correction.
Responding to Aoun’s remarks before economic bodies regarding a US State Department statement, MP Moussawi said the Nov. 27, 2024 ceasefire deal “did not grant the enemy any privileges or a free hand to attack Lebanon” and instead affirmed Lebanon’s right to self-defense under international law.
He called the US statement—which he said gives Israel the right to strike Lebanon—a “dangerous precedent,” demanding a clear public Lebanese rejection. “Internal statements are not enough,” he said.
MP Moussawi warned that ‘Israel’ could use Aoun’s comments to justify “daily killings and massive destruction,” portraying them as agreed upon with Lebanon. He urged a “clear and explicit position to refute the enemy’s claims.”
He also called for diplomatic mobilization at the UN Security Council over the “systematic destruction of villages,” criticizing the Lebanese Foreign Ministry as negligent.
“We hope the President’s remarks resulted from unintentional ambiguities and can be corrected, because anything else would be an outright catastrophe,” the statement from Hezbollah’s Media Relations concluded.
Source: Al-Manar English Website