Halting resistance is 'Satan's dream of Paradise' to Israel, Hezbollah top leader says

Hezbollah Secretary General, Naim Qassem, asserted that the group would continue to resist Israeli attacks. 

"For the primary objective to be the disarmament of the resistance as a starting point for any agreement means the elimination of Lebanon’s power and an existential threat to the annihilation of its resistant people," he said.

He said that the group's main concern is a "comprehensive cessation of hostilities, a ceasefire, and Israel's withdrawal" from Lebanese territory. 

"The ceasefire must be comprehensive; there can be no separation between the South and the rest of Lebanon, and the Israeli enemy will not have the freedom to kill in Lebanon," Qassem expressed. "As long as the occupation persists, the resistance will continue."

Hezbollah abandoning the country's southern front amid continued Israeli military advancement is "like Satan's dream of entering Paradise", he added.