Hezbollah says ceasefire would pave the way for return of north Israel residents

Hezbollah Deputy Chief Naim Qassem warned Israelis that the only solution to the current war is a ceasefire that would pave the way for north Israel residents to return, vowing his group would not be defeated. "After a ceasefire via indirect agreement, settlers can return to the north and the other steps will be drawn up.

But with the continuation of the war, the number of uninhabited settlements will increase," said Qassem. Qassem said his group had begun an "equation of hurting the enemy", repeatedly targeting north Israel's Haifa area and warned that "with the continuation of the war, the number of uninhabited" Israeli towns will increase. "More than two million people will be in the danger zone," he said.