Hezbollah rejects U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon security deal as ‘surrender’

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a U.S.-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel on Saturday a day after it was signed, describing it as a surrender to Israel

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a U.S.-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel on Saturday a day after it was signed, describing it as a surrender to Israel.

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In the ⁠latest example of ongoing hostilities despite repeated ceasefires and agreements, Israel launched a drone strike in Lebanon’s south.

More than a million Lebanese have been driven from their homes by a conflict that has run in parallel with the wider Iran war. ⁠Hezbollah and Iran say Washington ​pledged ⁠to end hostilities in Lebanon as part of its memorandum of understanding signed two weeks ago to end the wider war.