Hizbullah's Secretary-General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah in a televised address on Tuesday on the occasion of the party's “Martyr's Day” called for settling the much talked about defensive strategy in Lebanon “so that we may know how to build our forces in face of challenges.”

He called also for settling the issue of expanding the number of national dialogue participants,” because we are discussing a national issue that concerns all Lebanese.” He went on to wonder “why do you wish to exclude some Lebanese leaders from decisions of war and peace?”[Naharnet]