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Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Thursday demanded a comprehensive ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, as an official from his group confirmed it rejected a truce announced following talks between the two countries in Washington.

“The ceasefire must be comprehensive, without a separation between the south and the rest of Lebanon, and without the Israeli enemy having the freedom to kill,” Qassem said in a written message broadcast on his group’s al-Manar television channel.

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