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Shafaq News- Washington
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday
condemned Hezbollah’s “reckless call” to overthrow Lebanon’s government,
warning that the group’s “threats of violence” would fail.
In a statement, Rubio accused Hezbollah of
pursuing “a deliberate campaign to destabilize” Lebanon and drag it back to “chaos and destruction,” while accusing the group of continuing attacks on
Israeli positions and moving fighters and weapons into southern Lebanon despite
repeated calls to respect the ceasefire.
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) May 24, 2026
He also expressed the United States’ support
for the Lebanese government “as it works to restore its authority and build a
better future for all its people.”
The remarks came hours after Hezbollah
Secretary-General Naim Qassem said the Lebanese government should step down if
it is unable to protect the country’s sovereignty, adding that citizens have
the right to “take to the streets” to bring it down and confront what he
described as a US-Israeli agenda.
Since March 2, Israeli attacks on Lebanon
have killed 3,151 people and wounded 9,571 others, including women and
children, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Hezbollah says its
retaliatory rocket and drone attacks against Israeli positions and troop
gatherings are carried out in response to “Israeli ceasefire violations and
strikes on southern Lebanese villages that have killed and wounded civilians.”