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Exclusive: Hezbollah MP Ibrahim Al-Moussawi Says “We Will Be Respecting the Ceasefire”
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Episode Exclusive: Hezbollah MP Ibrahim Al-Moussawi Says “We Will Be Respecting the Ceasefire”
UPDATE: Shortly after publication, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he had spoken with Netanyahu and Aoun and a deal had been reached. “These two Leaders have agreed that in order to achieve PEACE between their Countries, they will formally begin a 10 Day CEASEFIRE at 5 P.M. EST,” Trump wrote.
Hezbollah MP Ibrahim Al-Moussawi told Drop Site, “We will be respecting the ceasefire,” and says the deal is based on the original agreement between the US and Iran that a ceasefire would apply to Lebanon.
Al-Moussawi’s statement that this ceasefire is based on the original Iranian deal reached with the U.S. contradicts claims by Trump and Netanyahu that Lebanon would not be included, and by the U.S. State Department that the Lebanon ceasefire be a wholly separate deal.
"They went back to the same ceasefire agreement that has been reached to in Islamabad by the Iranian initiative,” Al-Moussawi told Drop Site. "We will be respecting the ceasefire and we will deal with it cautiously, actually. And the Israelis have to abide by it completely, comprehensively in all of the Lebanese territories, including the areas bordering Palestine. And it should include total cessation of the hostilities and restraint to the movement of the Israelis to stop their assassinations. And it should hopefully be a beginning of a course of the Israeli withdrawal from our occupied territories."
As President Donald Trump tries to manufacture some form of a Lebanon “ceasefire” acceptable to the U.S.’s rogue ally Israel, a senior Hezbollah politician told Drop Site that any agreement must include a total end to Israeli bombing and a complete withdrawal of occupation forces from Lebanese territory. Ibrahim Al-Moussawi, a member of the Lebanese parliament with the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, criticized the Lebanese government for agreeing to direct talks with Israel in the midst of the ongoing, massive attacks on Lebanon that have killed more than 2,100 people, including over 170 children, since early March.
“We reject direct negotiations. Of course we don’t accept that the Lebanese go there and surrender to the dictations and to the will and to the hegemony of the American and Israeli warmongers,” said Al-Moussawi in an interview with Drop Site. “None of the conditions of Lebanon has been met, none of the requirements and the goals of Lebanon has been met. This is going to be rejected not only by Hezbollah, but by the majority of the people.”
Trump, for purely short-term strategic reasons, is pushing for a ceasefire announcement—reportedly as soon as tonight. His administration has offered full support for Israel’s ongoing bombing and ground invasion of Lebanon. But the policy has become complicated over the past week as the U.S. and Iran have engaged in backchannel talks with Pakistan about conducting another round of negotiations. Tehran has repeatedly said that failure to secure a ceasefire in Lebanon could derail any potential agreement.
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On Wednesday, the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the U.S. met in Washington, D.C., the highest level, publicly known direct talks between the two governments since 1993. Hours after the meeting ended, Trump claimed on Truth Social that the leaders of Israel and Lebanon would speak by phone on Thursday. “Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon. It has been a long time since the two leaders have spoken, like 34 years. It will happen tomorrow. Nice!,” Trump wrote.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has come under intense criticism from Hezbollah and other factions in Lebanon for authorizing direct talks with Israel while it conducts intense attacks that have forcibly displaced more than 1.1 million people—a fifth of Lebanon’s population—since early March and inflicted widespread destruction of villages and neighborhoods throughout the south. The Lebanese government has engaged in these talks…
Links in the notes 15
- https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116412252214963423
- https://x.com/Hasanillaik/status/2044685826458861639
- https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon-news/925465/president-aoun-thanks-trump-for-us-efforts-to-secure-ceasefire-and-las/en?__cf_chl_rt_tk=ve9eLl_195i7.9KeU6961OhxYYTUH318xYlhszUvzUs-1776351213-1.0.1.1-tCq.W22vIo3M0qT2Ad_ldZtxdob.ZEz3M8b6l5vzZh4
- https://x.com/MTVLebanonNews/status/2044786202591588692?s=20
- https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/04/meeting-between-the-governments-of-the-united-states-lebanon-and-israel/
- https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2041665043423752651
- https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/lebanon-seeks-temporary-ceasefire-allow-broader-talks-with-israel-official-says-2026-04-09/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_26_784
- https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-plan-calls-for-long-term-troop-presence-in-south-lebanon-with-beirut-s-approval-report/3904560?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- https://x.com/LBpresidency/status/2044710692066844704
- https://x.com/LebarmyOfficial/status/2039239625370112378
- https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-pager-attack
- https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-bloodbath-lebanon-hezbollah
- https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/the-ceasefire-in-lebanon-is-a-ticking
- https://www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4
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