US general turned deaf ear to Salam's complaints about hills occupation, PM says

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Hezbollah would not disarm amid Israeli occupation and Israel would not withdraw unless Hezbollah disarms, although the ceasefire stipulates that Israel withdraw.

Salam told The New York Times, in remarks published Wednesday, that he had unsuccessfully urged Chairman of the ceasefire committee Major General Jasper Jeffers to pressure Israel to withdraw. Salam said he raised the issue with Jeffers for several months and reached no result.

He said he told him that in 2025 you do not need to be on top of a 700-meter-high hill with binoculars or a Galileo telescope to monitor what is happening around you, as Israel has satellite images, drones, and balloons equipped with the most sophisticated cameras on earth.