Hezbollah’s allies on Wednesday praised the group for reaching a ceasefire agreement with Israel.
At a press conference Wednesday morning, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Tehran accepts “an end to Israel’s aggression against Lebanon as part of the ceasefire.”
People are pictured inside a burning Hezbollah rocket launcher in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Tibnit on November 27, 2024.
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Iran, the founder and director of the so-called “Axis of Resistance” of which Hezbollah is a key element, maintains “continuous support for the Lebanese government, people and resistance,” Baqaei said.
Hamas, meanwhile, said in an official statement that it welcomed the ceasefire and praised Hezbollah’s support for the Palestinians, as well as the “great sacrifices” of the group’s members, including its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Israel’s acceptance of the deal, Hamas added, is a “milestone” in “destroying” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “illusions to forcefully change the map of the Middle East and defeat or disarm the resistance forces.”
Yemen’s Houthis – who have been attacking ships and carrying out long-range attacks on Israel – also praised Hezbollah’s “resoluteness”, framing the ceasefire agreement as a defeat for the Israelis.
“The conflict with the Zionist enemy is an inevitable conflict and the wars with it are the rounds of a conflict that will inevitably end with the disappearance,” the Iran-backed group said in a statement.
-ABC News’ Ghazi Balkiz, Samy Zyara and Somayeh Malekian
