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\nHezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that only developments on the battlefield, not political moves, would bring an end to the hostilities between the Lebanese armed group and the Israeli military.
\n\u201cI will tell you very clearly, our conviction is that only one thing can stop this war of aggression, and that is the battlefield,\u201d said Qassem, who was elected as Hezbollah\u2019s secretary general following the killing of his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli strikes in September.
\nHe said that he did not believe that \u201cpolitical action\u201d would bring about an end to the more than year-long conflict, playing out in parallel with Israel\u2019s war in Gaza.
\nIn a pre-recorded televised address, Qassem said there would be a road to indirect negotiations through the Lebanese state only if Israel decided to stop its attacks on Lebanon.
\n\u201cWhen the enemy decides to stop the aggression, there is a path for negotiations that we have clearly defined\u2013indirect negotiations through the Lebanese state and Speaker (of parliament Nabih) Berri,\u201d said Qassem.
\nHe said those talks could only proceed if they guaranteed \u201cthe protection of Lebanese sovereignty in full, without anything missing,\u201d but did not provide further details.
\nIsrael says it aims to return residents displaced from northern Israel to their homes and ensure that Iran-backed Hezbollah will no longer pose a threat to Israel\u2019s security.
\nLast week, Israeli public broadcaster Kan published a draft US proposal on a 60-day truce that included a \u201cside letter\u201d between the US and Israel, granting Israel the right to take action against imminent threats to its security in Lebanon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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