Netanyahu hails Lebanon deal as Hezbollah rejects agreement
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday declared his country's agreement with Lebanon "a blow to Iran and Hezbollah", while the militant group's leader Naim Qassem declared it void.
- The agreement, which was signed in Washington on Friday after five rounds of talks and aims to pave the way to peace between the neighbours, includes plans to disarm Hezbollah.
- Qassem called the agreement "humiliating, shameful, and a surrender of sovereignty" and warned that it could lead to the Israeli annexation of southern Lebanon.
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- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday declared his country's agreement with Lebanon "a blow to Iran and Hezbollah", while the militant group's leader Naim Qassem declared it void.
- The agreement, which was signed in Washington on Friday after five rounds of talks and aims to pave the way to peace between the neighbours, includes plans to disarm Hezbollah.
- Qassem called the agreement "humiliating, shameful, and a surrender of sovereignty" and warned that it could lead to the Israeli annexation of southern Lebanon.
Sources: Al Jazeera, France 24