Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem warned on Saturday evening that his party's patience with Israeli violations may run out before the 60-day ceasefire agreement expires.

This came in a televised speech on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the assassination of the former commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, as a result of an American raid in Iraq in 2020.

Addressing critics of Hezbollah's silence on Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, Qassem said that his party's leadership "is the one that decides when to resist, how to resist, the method of resistance and the weapons it uses."

He added: "There is no timetable that specifies the resistance's work, and our patience (with Israeli violations) is linked to the appropriate timing to confront the enemy."

He continued, warning: "Our patience may run out (with these violations) before or after the 60 days, and when we decide to do something, you will see it directly."

In this regard, Qassem explained that the ceasefire agreement "exclusively means the area south of the Litani River, and the (Lebanese) state is responsible, along with the sponsors, for restraining Israel's hand and implementing the agreement."

Since November 27, a fragile ceasefire has prevailed, ending the mutual shelling between Israel and Hezbollah that began on October 8, 2023, and then turned into a full-scale war on September 23.

Under the pretext of confronting "threats from Hezbollah," Israel has committed more than 380 violations until this evening, leaving 32 dead and 39 wounded, according to a statistic by Anadolu Agency based on official Lebanese data.

These violations prompted Hezbollah to respond, on December 2, 2024, for the first time since the agreement came into effect, with a missile attack targeting the Ruwaysat al-Alam military site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kfar Shuba.

The most prominent provisions of the ceasefire agreement include Israel's gradual withdrawal to the south of the Blue Line separating it from Lebanon within 60 days, and the deployment of Lebanese army and security forces along the border, crossing points, and the southern region.

Under the agreement, the Lebanese army will be the only entity allowed to carry weapons in the south of the country, with the dismantling of infrastructure and military sites, and the confiscation of unauthorized weapons.

The Israeli aggression on Lebanon resulted in 4,063 deaths and 16,664 injuries, including a large number of children and women, in addition to the displacement of about 1,400,000 people. Most of the victims and displaced persons were recorded after the escalation of the aggression on September 23.