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 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.

The ceasefire is contingent on a complete cessation of Hezbollah fire and the evacuation of all operatives from the South Litani Sector

Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, the Trump administration said on Wednesday (June 3), in a boost to hopes for a broader deal to end the…

Trump peace push faces setback as fighting threatens wider conflict