A flag bearing the image of Hassan Nasrallah, the late leader of Hezbollah, during an Ashura procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut, on June 26, 2026. (Credit: Khalil Ashawi/ Reuters)
BEIRUT — Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said Thursday during a parliamentary session that the June 26 framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel was "doomed to fail," insisting that "the Zionists will not be able to impose its implementation" and that "our people will thwart its effects on the ground."
Reiterating his opposition to the agreement, the member of the Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc argued that "all attempts to embellish this text will remain futile." He said the agreement "puts an end to the existence of Lebanon as an independent state, legalizes the occupation ..., replaces [Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon] with pilot zones, subjects the Lebanese Army to tests conducted by the enemy army ... and makes the Lebanese authorities partners with the enemy in every drop of blood shed by the people."
"It is an agreement doomed to fail, which the Zionists will not be able to impose, and our people will thwart its effects on the ground," he added.
Fadlallah made the remarks a day after the sixth round of direct negotiations between Beirut and Tel Aviv in Rome concluded with an agreement to implement "pilot zones" in south Lebanon. According to L'Orient Today's information, the pilot zones where the Lebanese Army is to deploy will include both occupied areas, from which Israeli forces are expected to withdraw, and areas that are not currently occupied. The framework agreement, as well as the principle of direct talks with Israel, is categorically rejected by the Shiite alliance of Amal and Hezbollah.
In a scathing attack on President Joseph Aoun, Fadlallah accused the head of state of abandoning his role as "president and symbol of national unity" to become "a political faction" deepening divisions among the Lebanese, and of turning Baabda Palace into "a partisan platform." He also accused Aoun of undermining attempts at dialogue with Hezbollah, endorsing decisions hostile to the party and its support base, and, together with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, "criminalizing the resistance" when the war resumed in Lebanon on March 2.
On that day, the Lebanese government banned Hezbollah's military activities after the group fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Ali Khamenei, which occurred on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli offensive against Iran.
"There is still time for this presidential term to return to the logic of the state and partnership," Fadlallah said.
"Our attempts to prevent the presidency from taking a dangerous path have never ceased. But every initiative has been derailed by escalation and accusations of betrayal against us," he added. He also criticized Aoun for repeatedly calling on Hezbollah to surrender its heavy missiles, arguing that "it is this type of weaponry that worries Israel."
The MP further accused the president of breaking his commitment that "the issue of the resistance's weapons would be addressed domestically only after Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon, and within the framework of an internal dialogue based on national consensus."
Israel has said it is prepared to move forward with withdrawing its troops from "two pilot zones" in south Lebanon in favor of the Lebanese Army. While Beirut insists on a full Israeli withdrawal from the South, Tel Aviv is demanding Hezbollah's disarmament first, in line with the framework agreement.
