Hajj Hassan says pilot zone 'achievement' is 'Don Quixotic'

MP Hussein al-Hajj Hassan of Hezbollah stressed Thursday that Hezbollah “will not hand over the weapons.”

“They will not be able to remove them,” he told Al-Jadeed television.

“The villages located within the pilot zone are not occupied except for one village, and the Lebanese state's achievement is Don Quixotic,” Hajj Hassan added.

“The huge mistake made in the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel is the absence of a timetable for withdrawal,” the lawmaker said.

Al-Jadeed reported Wednesday that "the pilot zone that has been agreed on, in principle, contains Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, al-Ghandouriyeh, Burj Qalaway, Srifa and Froun."

"These are mixed areas -- some occupied, others under Israeli fire, and others on the borders of occupied territory," it explained.

Separately, Hajj Hassan said Hezbollah rejects any attack on Arab countries, “even if it comes from Iran.”