Hezbollah lawmaker says Israel's war failed to crush group The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Raad, said on Thursday that Israel's war in Lebanon had "failed" to eliminate the group. Raad said in a statement that "the enemy's war aimed at crushing the resistance in Lebanon has failed and will not achieve its objectives". He also called on Lebanese authorities to "adopt a framework for indirect negotiations with the enemy" to stop the fighting.