Posted on 10/27/22
| News Source: i24
Nasrallah calls maritime border agreement with Israel a 'great victory for Lebanon'
Lebanese armed group Hezbollah will end an "exceptional" mobilization against Israel after threatening to attack for months, its leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday after Lebanon and Israel struck a maritime border deal.
"All the exceptional and special measures and mobilization carried out by the resistance for several months are now declared over," Nasrallah said in a televised speech, calling the agreement a "great victory for Lebanon."
"Our mission is complete," Nasrallah said, adding that the deal "is not an international treaty and it is not a recognition of Israel."
On July 2, Israel said it downed three drones launched by Hezbollah that were headed toward the border offshore field of Karish, which was partly claimed by Lebanon. Nasrallah warned Israel against reaching for the reserves before a deal was finalized.
The agreement between the countries, which are still technically at war, was applauded by world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden.