Hezbollah's Sheikh Qassem Salutes Lebanese Southerners on Eve of Local Elections

Al Manar

22-05-2025

Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem addressed the Lebanese southerners on the eve of local elections.
In a message published by Hezbollah's Media Relations Office, Sheikh Qassem saluted the Lebanese southerners, calling for wide participation in the fourth round of municipal and mayoral elections, which will take place on Sunday, a day ahead of the 25th anniversary of south Lebanon's liberation.
'You have made the greatest sacrifices and set a model of legendary steadfastness in the face of Israeli aggression for decades, most recently in supporting Gaza's Flood, the Battle of the Almighty Warriors, and the subsequent events. You have proven to be people of pride, sovereignty, and the liberation of the land,' Sheikh Qassem wrote in the message, carried by Al-Manar.
'You reconstructed the South after the liberation in 2000, and once again after the 2006 July War. Now, you have preceded the Lebanese State and officials in returning to your land. You have defied the dangers and made sacrifices to reclaim your land and homeland with steadfastness, courage, and trust in Almighty God,' the Hezbollah S.G. added.
Sheikh Qassem noted that this year's municipal and mayoral elections 'are a challenge of steadfastness, solid position, adherence to the land, and reconstruction. All those who are betting on the Israeli aggression are awaiting the results.'
'We are not addressing you to achieve victory in the elections. you are the winners by rallying around Amal Movement and Hezbollah, your support for the Development and Loyalty lists, and your support for the resistance,' his eminence said, referring to electoral lists supported by the national duo.
'Indeed, you are the resistance. We are addressing you to intensify your presence and participation in the elections, so that victory will be resounding.'
The Hezbollah leader stressed that the resistance party 'won't relinquish a single grain of sand from our generous south, and we will not accept the continued Israeli occupation of any inch of our land and homeland.'
His eminence affirmed that the southerners' massive participation in the municipal and mayoral elections 'is part of the reconstruction that we will keep up with the elected municipalities and with the Lebanese State, which must assume its responsibility. '
'Restoring and rebuilding the land of the South, and rebuilding all that was destroyed in Lebanon, is an integral part of showing loyalty to the blood of the martyrs, foremost among them the master of the nation's martyrs, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and to the wounded and prisoners, whom we will work to recover,' Sheikh Qassem concluded the message.
Sheikh Qassem's message comes as the Israeli enemy launched a wave of fresh attacks on southe Lebanon and Bekaa, targeting dozens of towns including a residential area in the southern town of Toul.