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In Short: Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire agreement, insisting on Israel's full withdrawal from Lebanon.
Hezbollah on Thursday rejected the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government, demanding a complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem, in a written statement read on TV, called the negotiations 'absurd, humiliating and insulting.'
Kassem underscored that Hezbollah has not made any commitment to stop fighting, stating, 'So long as our villages are not safe and are being bombed and destroyed and our people are killed, northern Israel will not be safe.'
The joint statement released after U.S.-mediated talks at the State Department said the ceasefire is contingent on a complete cessation of Hezbollah fire and the evacuation of all Hezbollah operatives from areas south of the Litani River.
The agreement includes the creation of 'pilot' security zones inside Lebanon from which Hezbollah would be banned, and a stipulation about the group’s eventual disbanding.
It was the first time Israeli troops withdrew from an area in southern Lebanon since the latest Israel-Hezbollah war began about three months ago.
Hezbollah’s rejection complicates efforts to end the conflict, as ongoing fighting hampers ceasefire negotiations.
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- AP Newslink