Daou: Neither Hezbollah Nor Iran Has the Right to Plunge Lebanon Into a Brutal War to Serve a Regional Agenda

MP Mark Daou warned that neither Hezbollah nor Iran has the right to plunge Lebanon into a brutal war to serve a regional agenda.

“First, protecting Lebanon from any attack is the absolute priority. Neither Hezbollah nor Iran has any right to plunge Lebanon into a brutal war in the service of a regional agenda," Daou wrote on "X" platform, formerly known as twitter.

"Secondly, yesterday, today and tomorrow, we are with the Palestinian people, their rights, and their state with Jerusalem as their capital, and with the right of the Palestinian people to self-defense until a just and comprehensive peace is achieved. The Palestinian people have proven over time that they are steadfast and fighters, no matter how adverse the circumstances," he noted.

"Thirdly, there is no stability and peace in the region without a final solution to the Palestinian cause, and there is no victory over all religious extremism and armed attacks on civilians and places of worship without a just and comprehensive solution that grants the Palestinians their rights," Daou went on saying.

"Fourth, every oppressor has a day, no matter how much he thinks his weapon protects him, and his arrogance is a deterrent force against a people who have the right to life, to a state, to dignity, and sovereignty in any state," he added.

"Finally, Lebanon is capable of supporting Palestine to the extent of the strength of its state. Hence, if the state becomes weak and Lebanon turns into an undermined arena, then the cause will lose a supportive state, only to find an armed arena with militias fighting its people more than it stands with Palestine and voices slogans from a time that has ended with no return," Daou concluded.

Daou’s warning came after Hezbollah on Sunday said it fired “a large number of artillery shells and guided missiles” at three Israeli military posts in the occupied Shebaa Farms .

Israel responded by firing artillery shells at areas in south Lebanon as one of its drones struck “Hezbollah infrastructure” in the Shebaa Farms area in response to the early morning attack.