An Israeli military source stressed Thursday that the Israeli army “will not allow Hezbollah to possess weapons inside Lebanon,” adding that “the Lebanese government is trying to dismantle Hezbollah but its effectiveness is weak.”

Hezbollah chief Sheikh “Naim Qassem's decision last week to link his fate to Iran was a strategic mistake,” the source told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel, referring to Qassem’s latest remarks about the possibility of supporting Iran militarily in the event of a new war.