{"id":15404,"date":"2026-11-11T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/hezbollah-chief-calls-trumps-midterm-defeat-an-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T20:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:00:47","slug":"hezbollah-chief-calls-trumps-midterm-defeat-an-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/hezbollah-chief-calls-trumps-midterm-defeat-an-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah chief calls Trump\u2019s midterm defeat \u2018an opportunity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"CNN,<\/p>\n

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem hailed on Wednesday President Donald Trump\u2019s recent midterm defeat, describing it as \u201can opportunity\u201d for his Iran-backed Lebanese movement and other opponents of the US in the region.<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s Republican Party suffered massive losses in last week\u2019s elections, in which the Democrats seized control of Congress.<\/p>\n

The president has admitted that the war he launched with Israel against Iran in February was a key factor in the defeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we have a good opportunity. Trump was defeated in the elections\u2026 an earthquake has occurred in America,\u201d Qassem said in a speech broadcast live to supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one confronting Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen\u2026 has lost,\u201d he added, arguing that Trump could \u201cno longer continue as is\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis defeat has ramifications for us that are in a way positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u201chas been broken\u201d after he too suffered a loss in a recent election.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s bloc fell well short of the 61 seats it needed to stay in power in the October 27 vote, and the Israeli president has since tasked his rival Gadi Eisenkot with trying to form a government.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah, which once dominated political life in Lebanon, has been weakened by two wars it waged against Israel since 2023.<\/p>\n

Most recently, the group drew Lebanon into the broader Middle East war in March by attacking Israel, which responded with massive airstrikes and a ground invasion that Lebanon says have killed more than 4,300 people.<\/p>\n

Israel continues to occupy swathes of southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Lebanon and Israel concluded a framework agreement in June under US auspices, providing for the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces and the disarmament of Hezbollah, but its implementation has stalled.<\/p>\n

Qassem reiterated on Wednesday that he refused to disarm his group before an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.<\/p>\n

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