BEIRUT: Hezbollah is opposed to foreign intervention in Lebanon yet maintains strong ties with Iran, Future Movement MP Mohammad Kabbara said Monday, after Hezbollah over the weekend threatened to cut off any foreign hand that reached into Lebanon.

“We agree with [Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad] on one thing and that is that we will cut off the hands that would be extended to the country from outside, but who is the foreign hand? Isn’t it the armed militias that are affiliated with the outside specifically Hezbollah and its ties to Iran,” Kabbara told reporters in his office in Tripoli.

“We should cut off the hand that extends from outside, whether from Israel, Tehran, or from your ally's temporary palace in Damascus,” Kabbara said.

On Sunday, Raad warned the March 14 parties that Hezbollah’s patience and tolerance with their campaigns against them have limits, saying any foreign intervention in Lebanon will be stopped by the resistance.

“We say there are some people who are taking advantage of our patience and forgiveness, but these have their limits … As long as we are able to maintain the unity and strength of our country with our patience, we will remain patient,” Raad said, adding: “However, if we see a hand extending from the outside into the country, we will cut it off.”

Kabbara also accused Hezbollah of standing against the Lebanese Army, and expressed doubt about Hezbollah’s professed support for the army as the only means to protect the country.

“[This is from the same] militia that challenges the state and creates an authority that does not fall under the jurisdiction of the state and its army,” Kabbara said.

In recent months, the Hezbollah-led March 8 alliance and the March 14 coalition have exchanged fiery attacks as the country faces escalating political paralysis.