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Hezbollah lawmaker: If Israel attacks, Hezbollah has right to defend itself

Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said on Wednesday that the militant Lebanese group would retain the right to defend itself if Israel attacked.

He was responding to a question from a reporter at Lebanese broadcaster Al-Jadeed about his reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statements on Tuesday that Israel retained military freedom of action and would strike the group if it violated a ceasefire deal that came into force on Wednesday morning.