{"id":7525,"date":"2026-06-27T16:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/hezbollah-rejects-israel-lebanon-agreement-as-israeli-attacks-hit-south\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:35:27","slug":"hezbollah-rejects-israel-lebanon-agreement-as-israeli-attacks-hit-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/hezbollah-rejects-israel-lebanon-agreement-as-israeli-attacks-hit-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon agreement as Israeli attacks hit south"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Hezbollah supporters and many others in Lebanon view latest agreement with Israel as a \u2018surrender of sovereignty\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has rejected the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/what-is-the-framework-agreement-signed-by-israel-and-lebanon\">framework agreement<\/a> signed by Lebanon and Israel in Washington DC, calling it \u201chumiliating, shameful and a surrender of sovereignty\u201d for Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Saturday, Qassem rejected linking Israel\u2019s withdrawal from Lebanon to Hezbollah\u2019s disarmament, which is a key part of the US-mediated agreement signed on Friday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/what-is-the-framework-agreement-signed-by-israel-and-lebanon\">What is the framework agreement signed by Israel and Lebanon?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/27\/iran-war-day-120-tehran-condemns-us-strikes-says-its-violation-of-mou\">Iran war day 120: Tehran condemns US strikes, says it violates MoU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/27\/could-israels-coming-election-see-an-end-to-netanyahus-political-career\">Could Israel\u2019s coming election see an end to Netanyahu\u2019s political career?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/6\/27\/israel-lebanon-deal-ties-ceasefire-to-hezbollah-disarmament-will-it-work\">Israel-Lebanon deal ties ceasefire to Hezbollah disarmament: Will it work?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue as a resistance in the field to defeat the occupation [Israel] \u2026 We did not leave the field under difficult circumstances and we will not abandon it,\u201d Qassem said.<\/p>\n<p>The Hezbollah leader also accused Lebanon\u2019s government of legitimising Israel\u2019s occupation \u201cfor many years to come\u201d by signing the agreement with Israel, saying that it \u201ccould lead to the annexation of these lands to the Zionist entity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and other officials have suggested that Israel might remain in Lebanon regardless of Hezbollah\u2019s disarmament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are there until Hezbollah disarms and I think also beyond that, because we need defendable borders,\u201d Smotrich <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/what-is-the-framework-agreement-signed-by-israel-and-lebanon\">said<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement does not force Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>As Al Jazeera\u2019s Lebanon correspondent Zeina Khodr noted: \u201cThe word withdrawal is not in [the] text\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Khodr said the text is a \u201cpath towards normalisation [between Israel and Lebanon] \u2013 the two states both recognise each other\u2019s right to exist in \u2018peace\u2019, declare intention to formally end state of war, pursue direct negotiations under US mediation, establish permanent channels of direct communication and begin drafting a comprehensive peace and security agreement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>After the signing, Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon made their anger known, taking to the streets of Beirut on Friday evening, burning tyres and blocking a road leading to the airport.<\/p>\n<p><span>They were protesting the agreement, as well as Israeli forces remaining in Lebanese territory and continuing Israeli air raids in southern Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite the agreement, Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli forces bombed near the southern towns of Markaba and Nabatieh al-Fawqa on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>NNA said Israeli forces bombed overnight near the town of Markaba, 1.5km (1 mile) from the Israel-Lebanon border.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lebanon-finally-acting-like-a-state\">Lebanon finally \u2018acting like a state\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Lebanese officials seem optimistic about the deal and its potential for ending hostilities with neighbouring Israel, despite Hezbollah not being involved in the agreement nor the talks that preceded it.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese member of parliament and former justice minister, Ashraf Rifi, praised the agreement, saying Lebanon was finally \u201cacting like a state\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is no longer acceptable for Lebanese decision-making to remain hostage to the Iranian project, or for Hezbollah to continue its dominance over the state and its institutions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese MP and leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, said the framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon \u201crequires responsible engagement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the Hezbollah-led protests, Public Prosecutor Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj issued a judicial order, tasking the Lebanese security forces with preventing riots, NNA reported. The judge also requested that security agencies work to identify rioters so legal action can be taken.<\/p>\n<p>Alon Pinkas, an Israeli former ambassador and consul general in New York, told Al Jazeera that he\u2019s \u201cvery doubtful and sceptical that this [agreement] will work out because the deal is between Israel and Lebanon with the US, and Israel and Lebanon do not really have territorial issues or any kind of issues; the issue here is Hezbollah\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/what-is-the-framework-agreement-signed-by-israel-and-lebanon\">told Al Jazeera<\/a> that any attempt by the Lebanese army to enforce a Washington-brokered agreement would lead to \u201ccivil war\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hezbollah supporters and many others in Lebanon view latest agreement with Israel as a \u2018surrender of sovereignty\u2019. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has rejected the framework agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel in Washington DC, calling it \u201chumiliating, shameful and a surrender of sovereignty\u201d for Beirut. 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