Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Sunday he hoped a possible agreement between Iran and the United States would extend to Lebanon, where Israel and the Iran-backed group are locked in conflict.
Hezbollah and Israel have clashed since the militants drew Lebanon into the Middle East war on March 2 by firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader in U.S.-Israeli strikes.
Iranian officials have said an understanding with Washington to halt the regional war will include Lebanon.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump had reaffirmed his support for Israel's right "to defend itself against threats on all fronts, including in Lebanon".
"God willing, this agreement will be finalized and there are signs of its completion, and accordingly that we too will be among those included in this agreement -- an agreement of a full cessation of hostilities," Qassem said in a televised address broadcast on Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel.
