BEIRUT: Hezbollah is needed more than ever to respond to the threat posed by ISIS and other terrorist groups, deputy head of the party’s executive council said Monday.
Speaking at a memorial service in the eastern town of Brital for a killed fighter, Nabil Qaouk said that “the resistance is a strategic necessity that is needed by the Lebanese people more than ever.”
According to the Hezbollah official, the U.S.-led international coalition formed to attack ISIS is “incapable” of stopping the group’s expansion in Syria and Iraq. Hezbollah, however, “has the ability to resolve the battle” in the same way it uprooted militants stationed in the Syrian province of Qusair last year, he said.
The current phase requires consensus over a decision to allow the Army to “reclaim” the outskirts of Arsal and “eradicate” terrorist cells inside Lebanon, Qaouk said, stressing that it was “imperative for political parties to secure political cover” that would allow the Army to take such measures.
“Takfiris have made it a priority to target the Lebanese Army inside Lebanon,” he said, confident in the military's ability to beat the militants in Arsal.
But the military is still waiting for the green light to launch its offensive, and “any delay in the battle would increase the threat over all of Lebanon,” he said.
Qaouk also expressed his belief that Israel is betting on an ISIS victory against Hezbollah.
Israel is “frustrated and helpless” when it comes to the resistance, he added.
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