Hezbollah rejected an Israeli-Lebanese deal reached during negotiations in Washington on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The deal called for the withdrawal of Hezbollah troops north of the…
Hezbollah on Thursday rejected the latest U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon, which will create “pilot zones” in which Beirut will work to drive out the militant group. Hezbollah’s leader, Naim Kassem, described the ceasefire as “absurd, humiliating, and insulting” while urging Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon entirely,…
The U.N. peacekeeping mission for Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said Thursday one peacekeeper was killed and others were wounded when they came under mortar fire in southeastern Lebanon.
The Israeli and Lebanese governments have agreed to implement a ceasefire, after weeks of deadly fighting between Israel and Hezbollah had imperiled broader negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end their conflict.
Israel and Hezbollah are already trading strikes despite the Israeli government signing a ceasefire with Lebanon just a day ago, causing many to question the purpose of the “last chance” agreement. At the same time, Israel is beginning efforts to move troops out of the Debbine area in southern Lebanon and working to prop up…
The rejected cease-fire agreement and the continued exchanging of fire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon casts a shadow over the progress of U.S.-Iran peace negotiations.
