Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave a statement to Lebanon’s al-Manar TV earlier, describing the ceasefire document as an insult to Lebanon, reports Al Jazeera.
He said his group shouldn’t have to abide by a one-sided ceasefire, and that it isn’t willing to go back to the same conditions that existed under the 15-month ceasefire from November of 2024, when Israel fired at will, and Hezbollah did not.
Qassem described those months as waiting for diplomacy that he said had achieved nothing.
On the ground here in Lebanon, many thousands of people continued to make their way south over the course of the day. I was speaking to quite a few of them.
Traffic was once again at a standstill heading into south Lebanon in the morning, but it was also very busy on the roads north, with people heading back in the afternoon and evening.
And that is because, while many people went south to check on their homes, to retrieve belongings, and to make what small repairs they could, most were not staying in their homes overnight.
That is because there is still a sense of trepidation and distrust about this ceasefire, and so while many went south, they then headed back to larger towns and cities, including here in Beirut, to spend the night.
Bd-pratidin English/TR
