Hezbollah chief pledges to coordinate with army to implement truce

30/11/2024 6:22

        The head of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, pledged on Friday to coordinate closely with the Lebanese army to implement a ceasefire deal with Israel, which
        he said his group had agreed to "with heads held high".
        
        It was his first address since a ceasefire came into effect on Wednesday after more than a year of hostilities betweenHezbollah and Israel that decimated swathes of Lebanon and killed 4,000 people including hundreds of women and children.
        
        Qassem said Hezbollah had "approved the deal, with the resistance strong in the battlefield, and our heads held high with our right to defend (ourselves)."
        
        The ceasefire stipulates that Hezbollah will withdraw from areas south of the Litani river, which runs some 30 km (20 miles) north of the border with Israel, and that the Lebanese army will deploy troops there as Israeli ground troops withdraw.