November 12, 2026
The arrest of five members suspected of being linked to Hezbollah sparked a wave of political reactions, as MP Ashraf Rifi considered that these developments raise “serious security questions,” calling in a post on the “X” platform for the need to reveal the full details of the plan, “from the commander to the executor,” and warning of the seriousness of what may result from investigations into the nature of the suspected movements and the parties behind them.
Rifi raised a series of escalatory questions about the nature of the cell and its goals, asking whether it was planning “assassinations or bombings that would return Lebanon to a time of political terrorism,” and clarifying the identity of the targets and the parties that issued the orders.
In a related context, the MP expressed his full confidence in the ability of the Lebanese security services, represented by Army Intelligence, the Information Division and all other sectors, to uncover the truth, praising the experience and capabilities that these institutions possess to uncover all the secrets and circumstances of the case.
On the political level, Rifi directed sharp and direct criticism at Hezbollah, asking whether the party had learned lessons from the ongoing transformations in Lebanon and the region, and what he described as “the disasters of its choices.” He described the party as “falling day by day” and experiencing “its autumn in every sense of the word,” criticizing the repercussions of this approach on the concept of coexistence.
Rifi concluded his position by emphasizing a political break with this approach, stressing that “there is no safe shared life with those who adhere to the logic of crime and terrorism, and there is no future for this approach in Lebanon.”
