Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon ceasefire plan with pilot zones

Hezbollah has rejected a renewed ceasefire arrangement struck by Israel and Lebanon, calling the US-mediated plan a surrender that would hand Israel a strategic win. The deal, reached after a fourth round of talks in Washington, would create pilot security zones inside southern Lebanon where Lebanese armed forces would take sole control and all non-state fighters would be excluded. It also requires Hezbollah to halt attacks on Israel and pull operatives from the area between the Israeli border and the Litani River, roughly 30 kilometers to the north. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said the talks were futile and humiliating for Lebanon. The plan leaves key details unresolved, including where the pilot zones would be located and how they would operate.