The militant group Hezbollah signalled on Monday it is down but not out, defiantly warning the US-backed winners of Lebanon's election that its weapons arsenal is not up for discussion. 'The majority must commit not to question our role as a resistance party, the legitimacy of our weapons arsenal and the fact that Israel is an enemy state,' Hezbollah official Mohamed Raad told selfnews. He warned that the outcome of Sunday's parliamentary election, in which the majority won 71 seats in the 128-seat house against 57 for a Hezbollah-led alliance, would lead to further political turbulence. 'The results indicate that the crisis will continue, unless the majority changes its attitude,' said Raad, an MP who kept his seat in the new parliament. He added that the Sunni-led majority headed by Saad Hariri had to give his Shiite party either guarantees over its weapons arsenal or a blocking minority in the new government. Hezbollah's arsenal has been a thorn in the side of the outgoing national unity government and at the centre of a three-year-old national dialogue to define a defence strategy for Lebanon. Hezbollah and Israel waged a devastating war in 2006 that left much of south Lebanon in ruins and killed more than 1,200 people, mainly Lebanese civilians, as well as 160 Israelis, most of them soldiers. The militant group has since refused to disarm despite a post-war UN resolution that calls for all militias in Lebanon to turn in their weapons. It argues that its arsenal is needed to defend the country against Israel. The issue, however, was starkly brought to the forefront last May when Hezbollah staged a spectacular takeover of mainly Sunni parts of Beirut to force the government to retract measures it had taken against the group. Sectarian clashes at the time killed more than 100 people and outraged the parliamentary majority, which accused Hezbollah of turning its weapons on fellow Lebanese. The standoff between the two camps ended after the government retracted its measures and following a Qatari-brokered deal that led to a national unity government in which Hezbollah and its allies had veto power over key decisions. The Jewish state warned on Monday that Lebanon's new government must act to prevent attacks from its territory. 'It is incumbent upon any government that is formed in Beirut to ensure that Lebanon will not be used as a base for violence against the state of Israel and against Israelis,' the Israeli foreign ministry said. 'The government of Lebanon must act to strengthen the country's stability and security, to stop arms smuggling into its territory and to implement the relevant Security Council resolutions. 'Israel considers the Lebanese government responsible for any military or otherwise hostile activity that emanates from its territory.' 