Hezbollah MP: ceasefire 'meaningless' in light of Israeli attacks
Hezbollah said Israeli attacks in the south justify a response despite a ceasefire extension that has reduced hostilities, officials said.
- On April 24, Hezbollah declared the US-mediated ceasefire "meaningless," one day after President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension following meetings with ambassadors at the White House.
- The group pointed to continued Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon and Israel's maintenance of a self-declared "buffer zone" as evidence the ceasefire failed to halt military operations.
- Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Fayyad stated, "Any Israeli aggression against any Lebanese target, regardless of its nature, gives the resistance the right to respond proportionately," citing persistent hostile acts.
- The ceasefire agreement between the governments of Lebanon and Israel had been due to expire on April 26, though the extension aims to sustain the reduction in hostilities.
- Hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel reignited on March 2 in support of Iran, yet the Lebanon ceasefire remains separate from Washington's ongoing efforts to resolve its conflict with Tehran.
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Hezbollah says ceasefire ‘meaningless’ as fighting continues
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Extending the ceasefire “has no meaning,” said Ali Fayad, Hizbollah deputy, after three weeks of the truce between Lebanon and Israel. “His statements are due to the fact that the Hebrew attacks have not ceased in the south since the initial ceasefire, which was due to expire on Sunday, entered into force. This Friday, in fact, fighting continued between the Shia militia and the Israeli Army, which killed six of its members and bombarded several…
Hezbollah lawmaker 'firmly rejects' Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
Prominent Hezbollah parliamentarian Ali Fayyad said the party “firmly rejects” the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, coinciding with the intensification of fighting in southern Lebanon. In a statement to Lebanon’s state National News Agency, Fayyad dismissed the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, negotiated in Washington, D.C. by high-level delegations, as “meaningless.” The ceasefire was only negotiated between the governments of Israel and Lebanon, despite the…
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