Hassan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah member of parliament, issued a stark warning on Tuesday that the group would treat any military force created with American and Israeli backing as a direct enemy. The statement marks a significant escalation in the group's rhetoric as tensions over its disarmament continue to strain Lebanon's fragile political order.
Speaking at a press conference in Beirut, Fadlallah made clear that Hezbollah would not tolerate what he termed a "collaborator army" deployed to counter the organization's military wing. "If Israel and the U.S. manage to form a collaborator army to fight the Resistance, we will fight it just like we fight Israel," he said, using the term "Resistance" to describe Hezbollah's armed operations.
The warning comes amid intensifying international pressure on Lebanon to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel and called for the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon except the national army and UN peacekeepers. That resolution has never been fully implemented, and Hezbollah has maintained its arsenal—arguing it is necessary to defend Lebanon against Israeli aggression.
Fadlallah argued that the "Resistance" does not require national consensus to continue operating, a position that deepens the rift with Lebanese officials who have sought to bring Hezbollah's weapons under state control. He accused unnamed Lebanese officials of making dangerous concessions to Washington and , though he did not specify what those concessions entailed.
