A high-ranking Hezbollah military commander has categorically rejected plans for the disarmament of the Lebanese resistance movement, stressing that the group will never drop weapons.

The vice president of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council says the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to Lebanon conveys the message of unity and peace.

Hezbollah has called upon Pope Leo XIV to denounce ongoing Israeli strikes on Lebanon during his official visit to the Arab nation over the weekend.

A senior Lebanese lawmaker has denounced the recent Israeli assassination of high-ranking Hezbollah military commander Haytahm Ali Tabatabai, calling it a flagrant act of aggression against the Lebanese government, the nation, and the resistance movement.

Skeikh Qassem has vowed that the Hezbollah resistance movement will decide when and where to retaliate to the Israeli assassination of its senior military commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai.

The complaint was submitted through Lebanon’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.

 Israeli minister of military affairs has threatened that Tel Aviv will launch a new war against Lebanon.