June 4, 2026 8:21 PM
Hezbollah rejects ceasefire plan declared in Washington, Israel keeps up strikes
Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire plan agreed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments in U.S.-mediated talks, as Israel kept up strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it wouldn't be withdrawing from the south. The United States announced on Wednesday that Lebanon and Israel had agreed to implement a ceasefire contingent on Iran-backed Hezbollah ceasing fire and evacuating its fighters from areas of southern Lebanon near the border. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem, whose Lebanese Shi'ite Mu...