Hezbollah condemns Lebanese govt decision to ban military activities

Hezbollah condemns Lebanon's government ban on its military activities amid escalating tensions and Israeli retaliatory strikes.

Hezbollah condemned on Monday (March 2, 2026) the Lebanese government's decision to ban its military activities, while Israel carried out retaliatory strikes in response to rockets fired by the Iran-backed group.

In a statement, Mohammed Raad, the head of the group's Parliamentary bloc, condemned Beirut's "swaggering decisions", saying that "the Lebanese were expecting a decision rejecting the (Israeli) aggression".

Lebanon’s government on Monday (March 2, 2026) took the unprecedented step of banning Hezbollah’s military and security activity, prompting the Iran-backed group to lash out at the decision.

Hezbollah is represented in both the government and Parliament, and the move came hours after it announced it had launched rockets and drones towards Israel early on Monday to avenge the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli attacks.

Israel began bombarding Beirut’s southern suburbs and dozens of villages in south Lebanon, vowing to make the group pay a “heavy price”.

The strikes killed at least 52 people and wounded at least 154, according to the Lebanese government.