The Israeli offensive in Lebanon has killed at least 1,500 people and displaced 1.2 million others
Hezbollah halts attacks on Israel under US-Iran ceasefire
The Lebanese armed group pauses fire on northern Israel and on Israeli troops in Lebanon in the early hours of Wednesday after Netanyahu said the Iran-US ceasefire will not include Lebanon.
Wednesday 08/04/2026
The Israeli offensive in Lebanon has killed at least 1,500 people and displaced 1.2 million others
BEIRUT - Lebanon's Hezbollah halted fire on northern Israel and on Israeli troops in Lebanon in the early hours of Wednesday as part of the US-Iran ceasefire announced earlier, three Lebanese sources close to the group told Reuters.
Israel has continued its strikes on southern Lebanon and issued a new evacuation order for one southern city, indicating it would strike there soon, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the two-week Iran-US ceasefire would not include Lebanon.
Iran-backed Hezbollah is expected to issue a statement outlining its formal position on the ceasefire and on Netanyahu's assertion that Lebanon is not included, the three Lebanese sources said.
The Israeli offensive in Lebanon has killed at least 1,500 people and displaced 1.2 million others. Lebanon was pulled into the war in the Middle East when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in solidarity with Tehran, two days after Iran was attacked by Israel and the US Hezbollah's attack prompted a new Israeli ground and air offensive.