Hezbollah chief pledges to work with Lebanese army to implement truce

The head of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, on Nov 29 pledged to coordinate closely with the Lebanese army to implement a cease-fire deal with Israel, which he said his group had agreed to "with heads held high", and vowed to help build the country's defence capacities.

It was his first address since a ceasefire came into effect on Nov 27 after over a year of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel that decimated swathes of Lebanon and killed 4,000 people, including hundreds of women and children.

Qassem said Hezbollah had "approved the deal, with the resistance strong in the battlefield, and our heads held high with our right to defend (ourselves)".