Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon agreement as Israeli attacks hit south
Key takeaways
- Hezbollah supporters and many others in Lebanon view latest agreement with Israel as a ‘surrender of sovereignty’.
- xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Hezbollah supporters in the southern suburbs of Beirut protest against the trilateral agreement between the US, Israel and Lebanon, June 27, 2026.
- In a statement released on Saturday, Qassem rejected linking Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon to Hezbollah’s disarmament, which is a key part of the US-mediated agreement signed on Friday.
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Hezbollah supporters and many others in Lebanon view latest agreement with Israel as a ‘surrender of sovereignty’.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Hezbollah supporters in the southern suburbs of Beirut protest against the trilateral agreement between the US, Israel and Lebanon, June 27, 2026. [Ibrahim Amro/AFP]By Alex Milan Durie Published On 27 Jun 202627 Jun 2026Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has rejected the framework agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel in Washington DC, calling it “humiliating, shameful and a surrender of sovereignty” for Beirut.
In a statement released on Saturday, Qassem rejected linking Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon to Hezbollah’s disarmament, which is a key part of the US-mediated agreement signed on Friday.