Hezbollah says told Lebanon authorities it rejects proposed truce with Israel

A Hezbollah official told AFP on Thursday that the group had informed Lebanese authorities that it rejects a ceasefire announced after Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington a day earlier.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The official said on condition of anonymity that the position, which was announced by Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem in a televised message, was passed on “to parliament speaker Nabih Berri,” a Hezbollah ally acting as an intermediary who “shares this position.”Lebanese President Joseph Aoun had said earlier Thursday he was waiting for Hezbollah’s response.Read more:US-Iran deal in final stages but frozen funds mechanism remains key hurdle: Source

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