Hezbollah Rejects U.S.-Israel Ceasefire Statement on June 4

According to Jin10, Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem rejected a joint ceasefire statement issued by the U.S., Israel, and the Lebanese government on June 4. Kassem, speaking through Lebanon's Al-Manar TV, refused to comply with the statement's demands for Hezbollah armed personnel to withdraw from southern Lebanon, stating the agreement amounts to "surrender and failure" that would achieve Israel's objectives. The statement, released via Lebanese media, emphasized that "any ceasefire must be comprehensive; southern Lebanon is inseparable from other regions; Israel cannot be granted freedom to kill in Lebanese territory."

Kassem reaffirmed Hezbollah's core demands: ending Israel's "full-scale invasion," achieving a ceasefire, and Israeli military withdrawal from Lebanon. He declared that "as long as occupation exists, resistance will not stop."