A Hezbollah-aligned newspaper on Saturday urged the resumption of hostilities with Israel, accusing the international community and the Lebanese opposition to Hezbollah of turning a blind eye to alleged Israeli violations of the month-old ceasefire agreement with the terror group.

In an editorial entitled “We must resist the enemy’s violations,” Al-Akhbar editor-in-chief Ibrahim Al-Amine accused Israel of widescale destruction in southern Lebanon, keeping tens of thousands of people from returning to their homes there, and preventing civil defense teams from recovering the bodies of “martyred resistance fighters.”

“Although the people are tired of the war and do not want to be displaced again, the cost of confronting the occupation forces is lower than the cost of relying on what they are doing now,” said Al-Amine, who was seen as a confidant of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

“Resistance represents the only redress,” he said, adding that it could be undertaken by Hezbollah or “new groups that find themselves in the position to confront the........

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