Live Updates | Hezbollah Chief Says Rejects Cease-fire in Lebanon, Says Direct Negotations With Israel Are 'Shameless'. Iran's Qods Force Commander Says Minimum Demand in Lebanon Is for Israel to Return to Pre-war Lines. Lebanon Report: Three Killed, Several Wounded in Israeli Attacks on Southern Lebanon's Sohmor

Kuwait Condemns Iranian Attacks, Says It Has Right to Defend Territory. No Cease-fire in Israel's North, Israeli Minister Says. Iran Says U.S. Strikes Violated Cease-fire,…

At the same time, Iran has again threatened to break off talks with the United States.

Hezbollah will not accept a “partial ceasefire” with Israel, a senior official from the Iran-backed group said Tuesday, refusing to halt attacks against

Hezbollah has rejected a partial ceasefire with Israel. A senior official stated the group will not stop attacks on northern Israel for a deal sparing Beirut's southern suburbs.…

Lebanon Is Pushing for the Cease-fire to Be Upheld and an Israeli Withdrawal That Would Allow the Country's South to Be Rebuilt and Displaced Residents to Return. Israel Insists…

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Live Updates | UN Peacekeeper Killed in Lebanon Was Serbian, Defense Ministry Says After Mortar Strike on UNIFIL Base. Israel-Lebanon Cease-fire Could Begin Within 24 Hours,…

Live Updates | Hezbollah Chief Says Rejects Cease-fire in Lebanon, Says Direct Negotations With Israel Are 'Shameless'. Iran's Qods Force Commander Says Minimum Demand in Lebanon…

Live Updates | Lebanese PM Defends Cease-fire Agreement as 'Fastest and Least Costly Path' for Lebanon. Hezbollah Agreed to Cease-fire Terms, Israeli Source Says, Citing Lebanese…

Live Updates | Iran's Qods Force Commander Says Minimum Demand in Lebanon Is for Israel to Return to Pre-war Lines. Lebanon Report: Three Killed, Several Wounded in Israeli…

Hezbollah's chief on Thursday rejected a conditional truce announced by Lebanese and Israeli envoys, demanding instead a comprehensive ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal as he…

The ceasefire comes as Israel has recently escalated its attacks and is staging its deepest ground offensive into Lebanon in two decades.

Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday agreed to renew a ceasefire that would be contingent on the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group holding back all fire, representatives said in a…

The US-mediated deal is contingent on a complete halt to Hezbollah attacks.

Lebanon's president has said a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed the previous evening between the country and Israel could come into force within 24 hours, according to local…

The fragile Israel-Lebanon ceasefire has renewed, as the far-right warns it will resume attack orders on Beirut if missiles hit the north of Israel, and further chaos on ongoing…

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah on Thursday rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and the Lebanese government, demanding a complete Israeli withdrawal. The…

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire plan agreed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments in US-mediated talks, as Israel kept up strikes in southern Lebanon on…

Naim Qassem says Hezbollah will not accept terms requiring it to stop fire and withdraw south of the Litani, while Israel says any attack will draw a harsh response

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejects the outcome of talks, describing direct negotiations with Israel as 'shameful' for Lebanon. Plan is also criticised for lack of enforcement…