MP Elie Marouni on Tuesday revealed that many signs implied that the soldiers kidnapped by Daesh had been killed for a long time now, but that there has always been hope to brush off the idea.

Interviewed by Radio Lebanon, Marouni regretted that this sad reality had altered the joy of victory against terrorism, adding that he will not offer condolences to the martyrs' families until DNA tests' results are revealed.

"We wager on the army because it represents the hope and the salvation," he said.

Moreover, the Kataeb lawmaker deplored the accusations against a number of officials regarding the military hostages.

Marouni did not fail to remind that his party had reservations over the army-people-resistance trinity, stressing that Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, had best leave the victory declaration to the Lebanese state

Source: NNA