Image source, ReutersImage caption, Smoke billows from the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike on ThursdayByJohn Sudworth & Samantha Granville, Reporting fromBeirut, Henry Moore and Tom Symonds, News correspondentPublished4 June 2026 The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has emphatically rejected the terms of a US-backed ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. In a strongly worded statement, the Iran-backed group's leader Naim Qassem said negotiations had been "futile" and "humiliating" for Lebanon, and rejected categorically by "broad segments of the Lebanese people". It comes after Israel and Lebanon announced a renewal of their fragile ceasefire with the creation of "pilot" security zones inside Lebanon in which Hezbollah operatives would be banned. It also required Hezbollah to stop attacking Israel. Donald Trump later said he had spoken to Hezbollah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and progress was being made. Watch: Lebanon-Israel ceasefire deal made in 'hope rather than expectation'
Published: June 4, 2026 2:31 pm
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