Israeli media refute reports on March 15 deadline for Lebanon deal

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli media + Hezbollah Media Relations
7 Mar 2024 21:35
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Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary-General has promised to "break Israel's legs" if it acts on its threats.

Israeli soldiers attend the funeral of a soldier killed by the Resistance, in "Netanya", occupied Palestine, March 7, 2024. (AP)

Following multiple reports on a presumed deadline for a political agreement that would see a cessation of operation from Lebanon, military affairs analyst to Israeli Channel 13, Or Heller, said that the deadline has been "completely refuted" by Israeli authorities.

Heller explained that dates such as the alleged March 15 deadline "do not exist," adding that there are no final deadlines, as had been previously reported.

However, the analyst said that Israelis "are [experiencing] complete ambiguity about" what will happen on the northern front. He also said that the greatest achievement that has come out from confrontations on the front with Lebanon goes to the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was able to push out "around a hundred thousand Israelis from their" colonial outposts.

At an earlier time on Thursday, the Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, took special notice of the deadline and other Israeli threats, saying that Israelis "should stop the threats," as they have culminated in "shame" rather than "productive action".

"Recently it was spread in the media that the threat [will be executed on] March 15, meaning that Israel is likely to attack!"

"If [Israel] attacks, we will break its legs and the legs of those who come with it," Sheikh Qaseem underlined during his address at the memorial of martyr Mustafa Salman in Beirut.

"Are you threatening us with Israel?," the Hezbollah official said in reference to Western diplomats that have demanded Hezbollah cease its operations in support of Palestine.

"For us, Israel has become weaker than a spider's web, and we see it nearing its end. If it attacks, we will respond, and if it fights, we will fight it. If it wants to threaten, we do not threaten in media outlets. Rather, we are preparing for any day when Israel chooses to expand its battle. We are waiting for it, God willing, and we will be victorious with God's help as we were victorious in July 2006," Qassem concluded on Thursday.