In a speech at the Martyr's Day festival, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem described the "framework agreement" pursued by the political authorities as entirely free concessions to the enemy and called on the Lebanese authorities to reverse it. He declared the party's readiness to reach understandings on the "most complex issues", including its weapons, but linked that to Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon and an end to "guardianship", while calling for support for the Lebanese army and the rejection of conditional aid.
The lebanon debate platform focused on Qassem's statements about the "framework agreement" as free concessions and his call to reverse it, while MTV Lebanon focused on the context of the Martyr's Day festival speech, the phrase "we will fight", criticism of Israel and the United States, and the description of what is happening in Gaza; Euronews.com focused on linking discussion of the party's weapons file to Israeli withdrawal and an end to "guardianship" and on the accusation against five countries' embassies.