Ceasefire Discontent: Tensions Escalate in Lebanon Amid U.S. Diplomacy
Hezbollah says the pact ignores its demand for a full Israeli withdrawal as Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire continue, displacing hundreds of thousands.
- On Thursday, Hezbollah formally rejected the United States-brokered ceasefire agreement, with leader Naim Kassem demanding a comprehensive halt to Israeli operations and full withdrawal as military activity continued.
- Washington negotiated the deal between Lebanese and Israeli delegations to reduce Hezbollah's military and political influence, yet excluded the group itself, effectively asking it to accept a strategic defeat.
- Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed Thursday that military operations would continue, while strikes killed at least 10 people in southern Lebanon on June 3 and raids hit the Bekaa Valley.
- Lebanon Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned Thursday that those rejecting the process bear responsibility, yet the government remains powerless to force compliance from Hezbollah, which did not participate in negotiations.
- Carnegie Middle East Center fellow Mohanad Hage Ali called the agreement a "performative ceasefire," while Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi warned any Beirut attack would trigger a "full-scale resumption" of regional war.
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Hezbollah Rejects a US-Brokered Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire
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