Hezbollah rejects US‑brokered Lebanon‑Israel agreement, protests erupt in Beirut
A United States‑mediated trilateral framework between Lebanon, Israel and the United States was announced, prompting rejection by Hezbollah leadership and mass protests in the Lebanese capital.
A United States‑brokered trilateral agreement involving Lebanon, Israel and the United States was signed or announced, according to multiple news outlets.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the agreement, calling it null and void and describing it as a grave blunder, humiliation, disgrace and a surrender of Lebanese sovereignty.
Thousands of Hezbollah supporters protested in Beirut, blocking major roads and encircling government buildings.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the agreement would not pass and would not be implemented, and added that it does not guarantee Lebanon’s rights (Al Arabiya). Berri also described Iran‑U.S. negotiations as the only realistic opportunity to secure Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon (Al Monitor).
Allies of Hezbollah threatened civil war (Times of Israel), and a senior Hezbollah lawmaker described the agreement as a humiliation, disgrace and a surrender of Lebanese sovereignty (Press TV).
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