Jerusalem, September 26: Israel denied on Thursday that it has agreed to a ceasefire with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and Lebanese political parties. In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that "the report on a ceasefire is untrue." Israel-Hezbollah Conflict: UN Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting on Lebanon Amid War, Antonio Guterres Says ‘Hell Is Breaking Loose in Lebanon’.

The office said that Netanyahu "didn't even respond to" the ceasefire proposal, which was brokered by the United States and France. Also on Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Israel would not consider a truce, Xinhua news agency reported. Israel-Hezbollah War: Indian Embassy in Beirut Urges Citizens To Avoid Travel to Lebanon Till Further Notice Amid Airstrikes, Violence.

"There won't be a ceasefire," he wrote on social media platform X. He said the country would continue its fight against Hezbollah "until victory and until residents could return to their homes in the north."

 

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