Hezbollah rejects truce, demands Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon
A photograph taken from the southern area of Nabatieh shows smoke rising from the site of an israeli airstrike in the village of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, with the Beaufort Castle visible in the background, on June 4, 2026.(AFP)
Hezbollah's chief on June 4 rejected a conditional truce announced by Lebanese and Israeli envoys, demanding a comprehensive ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal instead as he threatened northern Israel with new attacks.
Naim Qassem's message came after Lebanese and Israeli representatives in the United States agreed to a conditional ceasefire that Lebanon's president called the "last chance" for a durable end to the fighting.
Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war when Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2 to avenge the Feb. 28 killing of Iran's supreme leader.
