We are Determined to Avenge Mughniyeh”s Killing, Dialogue Only Solution to Cabinet Crisis
Hizbullah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem reiterated that Hizbullah would avenge Imad Mughniyeh”s assassination and said the solution to the cabinet crisis is through dialogue and not media campaigns.
"All sides have demands. The premier-designate should put a plan and find a way to remove obstacles," Qassem told the Iranian Al-Alam news channel on Tuesday.
"The issue does not require mediation between the PM-designate and the different (parliamentary) blocs. Let there be openness, solutions and alternatives," the top Hizbullah official said.
"Problems won”t be solved through media campaigns. Throwing the ball in (Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel) Aoun”s court is part of media campaigns that complicate issues," Qassem added.
On the assassination of Hizbullah commander Mughniyeh in a Damascus car bombing last year, Qassem said: "Hizbullah has kept its promise. The decision to avenge Imad Mughniyeh”s murder has been taken. The place and time would be known during execution (of the plan)."
He reiterated that Israel was behind the Hizbullah commander”s killing.
Turning to the issue of Sami Shehab, who was arrested for being a member of an alleged Hizbullah cell planning attacks in Egypt, Qassem said: "We are determined not to bring up the issue politically or through the media which might create tension between Hizbullah and Egypt."