Member of the Lebanese Parliament for Hezbollah, Ihab Hamadeh, affirmed that "there is still ambiguity regarding the reality of Israel's control over the Ali al-Tahar hill." In an interview on Sputnik radio, Hamadeh said, "How can the Israeli enemy claim control over the Ali al-Tahar hill while it continues to bombard and raid it incessantly, given that it controls it from the air or by encircling it geographically from all sides, without its forces being able to enter the facility or exercise field control over it?" He added, "Israel has not published pictures confirming its seizure of 'Ali al-Tahar' or the logistical weapons it spoke of, while also claiming to have killed large numbers of fighters and the flight of others. How could that happen while it is exercising a tight siege in the air or on the ground?" Hamadeh considered that "Israel is trying to portray the 'Ali al-Tahar' hill as Hezbollah's last stronghold, so that Netanyahu can exploit it as a card in the elections, but like any other position or hill in southern Lebanon, it has its sacred existential value, and Israeli control over it is not a disaster in military reality nor is it the end of the road, especially since the resistance mounted a legendary confrontation in 'Ali al-Tahar', but now there are red lines to know the Israeli trajectory." Hamadeh considered that "the framework understanding signed by the authority enabled Israel to achieve this control and carve out a part of Lebanese territory, and this is what Netanyahu had announced." Regarding the release of prisoners, Hamadeh said, "By Netanyahu's own admission, these freed prisoners have no relation or connection to Hezbollah, and therefore their capture is an aggression and a war crime for which Israel should have been held accountable."