Hezbollah rejects the ceasefire as Israeli strikes kill four in Lebanon, emphasizing resistance against perceived occupation.

Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem called the negotiations “absurd, humiliating, and insulting” and designed to give Israel control of what it has been unable to wrest through war.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem, whose Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group is not a party to the talks, said the negotiations were shameless, rejecting the Washington declaration as "a roadmap for the annihilation of a section of the Lebanese people and the enslavement of the rest."

Hezbollah has rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and the Lebanese government, demanding a complete Israeli withdrawal.

The countries reject "any attempt, by any state or non-state actor, to hold Lebanon's future hostage", the US State Department says.

Lebanon's Hezbollah said it had attacked troops in northern Israel on Wednesday, as Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon, dampening hopes for an end to the cycle of violence. US…

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