Hezbollah Rejects Partial Ceasefire, Demands Full Halt Across All of Lebanon
Hezbollah rejects US-backed partial ceasefire with Israel, demanding a full halt to hostilities across all of Lebanon, throwing Trump's announced deal into immediate doubt.
Hezbollah has flatly rejected a US-backed partial ceasefire proposal with Israel, insisting it will only accept a comprehensive end to hostilities covering all of Lebanese territory.
A senior Hezbollah lawmaker said the group has refused any partial ceasefire proposal, demanding instead a comprehensive halt to hostilities across all Lebanese territory as a precondition for the withdrawal of Israeli forces and the return of displaced civilians.
Hassan Fadlallah, a member of Hezbollah's Loyalty to the Resistance bloc in parliament, said the group specifically rejected a US proposal that would have had Hezbollah halt attacks on northern Israel in exchange for Israel refraining from striking Beirut's southern suburbs, without a full stop to Israeli military operations across Lebanon.
The rejection throws cold water on a limited deal announced just hours earlier. Trump claimed Hezbollah had agreed, through intermediaries, to halt all fire on condition that neither side attacks the other, while Netanyahu said Israel would continue military operations in southern Lebanon, where ground forces are pushing toward the Zaharani River in their deepest incursion into the country in 25 years.
The contradiction between Trump's announcement and the reality on the ground was stark. Lebanon's embassy in Washington said the arrangement would not end the conflict in the country, and fighting in southern Lebanon continued on Monday evening even as the partial agreement was being announced.
The Lebanon standoff is now directly entangled with the broader US-Iran negotiations. Tehran has insisted that any ceasefire deal must also cover Lebanon, and over 3,300 people have been killed and around 10,400 wounded in Lebanon since early March, with more than 1.6 million displaced.