Source: thecommentator.com
Hezbhollah’s military capabilities should be integrated into the Lebanese defense strategy, Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk told the Egyptian channel Capital Broadcast Center on Thursday, according to Lebanese paper The Daily Star.
“The defense strategy should determine how to benefit from Hezbollah’s arms, to fend off any Israeli aggression,” Machnouk said, adding that Hezbollah’s military capabilities should be discussed in the context of “the tactical planning of Lebanon’s defense strategy.”
The statement came amid the ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Lebanese relations over the situation in southern Lebanon. (more here)