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Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Thursday demanded a comprehensive ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, as an official from his group confirmed it rejected a truce announced following talks between the two countries in Washington.“The ceasefire must be comprehensive, without a separation between the south and the rest of Lebanon, and without the Israeli enemy having the freedom to kill,” Qassem said in a written message broadcast on his group’s al-Manar television channel.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Envoys from Israel and Lebanon had held a fourth round of US-brokered talks in Washington on Wednesday, agreeing to implement a ceasefire that hinged on Hezbollah halting its attacks.But a Hezbollah official told AFP on Thursday that the group rejected the agreement, which Lebanese President Joseph Aoun had earlier called the “last chance” to reach a comprehensive truce.The official said on condition of anonymity that the
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