A Lebanese policeman walks past a portrait of Ibrahim Salameh, a Lebanese municipal employee who was killed as Israeli forces stormed the building where he was sleeping in the southern border village of Blida. Oct. 30, 2025. (Mahmoud Zayyati/AFP)
BEIRUT — Hezbollah reaffirmed on Thursday its "legitimate right to resist [Israeli] occupation." It also reiterated its support for the Lebanese Army.
Hezbollah also said that, while Lebanon was bound by the cease-fire agreement, it was not obligated to enter into political negotiations with Israel.
Last week, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun instructed the army to confront any Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon after Israeli forces crossed the border overnight and killed a municipal employee, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
"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," the group said.
Hezbollah also said that it was exercising its right to defend itself against "an enemy that imposes war on our country, does not stop its attacks and seeks to subjugate our state."
The U.S. brokered a truce in November 2024 between Lebanon and Israel after more than a year of conflict sparked by the war on Gaza. Israeli strikes on Lebanon, particularly in the south and the Bekaa, have continued regardless.
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