>Hezbollah fiercely opposes direct negotiations, with its head Naim Qassem describing the talks in a written statement on Monday as a "humiliating and unnecessary concession."
>"Let it be clear, these direct negotiations and their outcomes are considered nonexistent to us and do not concern us at all. We will continue our defensive resistance for Lebanon and its people," Qassem said.
>Lebanese President Joseph Aoun [has defended](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-president-says-future-deal-will-not-cede-territory-2026-04-17/) the government's move --
>"What we are doing is not treason; rather, treason is committed by whoever takes his country to war to achieve external interests," he said in a statement released by his office, an apparent reference to Hezbollah's decision to enter the regional war last month.
Lebanese president calling it like it is. Hezbollah are traitors forcing Lebanon into a forever war to spread their IRGC bullshit. Just relocate to Iran and fight for the IRGC there already, Lebanon doesn't want you. But of course then no one would be able to blame Israel because there'd be peace like Israel has with all the other countries that don't attack them.
edit: Also, great headline Reuters. You write an article about a terrorist org breaking a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel and your title says "Israeli strikes hit...". Gross. Can I report Reuters for breaking sub rule #2?
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Wild-Yogurtcloset9211 day ago
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Let’s not pretend that Israel is forced to kill tens of thousands of civilians, but hezbola does give Israel an excuse so they are definitely traitors no doubt
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HatCat55661 day ago
+59
Source to Israel killing tens of thousands of lebanese civilians?
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Jabberwocky202223 hr ago
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2,200 Lebanese have been killed so far by Israel, 23 Israelis have died.
Not 10's of thousands, but still thousands, and I can only assume they are referring to the total amount Israel has killed not just in Lebanon, but in the region as a whole using terrorist threats as a justification.
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BorikGor20 hr ago
+21
>2,200 Lebanese have been killed so far by Israel, 23 Israelis have died.
Woukd you be more pleased if more Osraelis would be dead? Is that what you're saying by this comparison?
Or are you stating, that the state of Israel actually cares about it's citizens and defends them at all cost, including financial (300k$ per interceptor) and geopolitical, as opposed to Hezbolla terrorists, who intentionally hide weapons and "fighters" among civilians to increase casualties?
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MVP_Legend_8721 hr ago
+22
Why are you implying they are all civilians?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-claims-it-has-killed-over-1400-hezbollah-operatives-since-start-of-iran-war/
This was written on Apr. 10 and IDF claimed 1400 killed were Hezbollah. That was the majority of the casualties at the time. So it would stand to reason the majority of those 2500 killed are not civilians, but Hezbollah.
Unless you have proof that the majority killed were civilians, and not Hezbollah, you cannot in good faith argue Israel is killing civilians by the thousands in Lebanon.
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PedanticPerson17 hr ago
+6
Individuals killed by Israel are presumed to be baby-doctor-journalists until proven otherwise.
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FireRonZook10 hr ago
+5
And after proven otherwise they are journalists-doctor-babies. Israel has never killed an actual hamas or hezb member. Even sinwar was a pregnant-baby-teacher-peace activist.
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Drak_is_Right17 hr ago
So 1100 civilian casualties. Still rather atrocious. Yes I realize the difficulty given the nature of Hezbollah.bases but it still sucks.
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MVP_Legend_878 hr ago
+1
That's unfortunately what happens in a war, and why Hezbollah is responsible for putting civilians in danger. You're never going to have no civilian casualties. It's why the ceasefire was so important, and why the responsibility falls on Hezbollah for breaking it.
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mehliana22 hr ago
+16
Why do you seem to imply “using terrorist threats as justification “ is not a good justification…
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HatCat556622 hr ago
+8
Still waiting on a source.
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Seanspeed11 hr ago
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And how many of them are Hezbollah fighters?
Oh that's right, these groups purposefully never tell us cuz they want naive people like you to conflate every death as some innocent civilian death.
It doesn't help that these groups also purposefully make it impossible to go after them 'cleanly'. Maybe you'd feel better if Israeli military took groups of Israeli civilians around as human shields, too? Way more Israelis would die then and then the numbers would balance out a bit more. Sound reasonable?
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FeistyGate878422 hr ago
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They are probably referring to Gaza, and Israel has taken a very aggressive approach to Lebanon as well. I cannot find any sources on amount of civilian deaths in Lebanon, I can find total dead but not sure how many of that is civilians vs hezbolla or whatnot. But Israel has been very aggressive in attacking places where terrorist are even if there are civilians there. The amount of people such as Doctors Without Borders and UN personnel who have been killed should attest to that
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HatCat556622 hr ago
+16
ok let me know if you find a source
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FeistyGate878422 hr ago
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https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-paramedics-israel-killed-health-workers-rcna332138
Seems to be a couple thousand, so the guy you were responding to was wrong. Though Israel has also killed a ton of paramedics.
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Ecsta20 hr ago
+8
Hezbollah and Hamas militants use ambulances as transportation over and over again, making them valid military targets.
It's tragic when innocents die, but the blame is on both sides.
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IamEzioKl1 day ago
+138
Its Interesting (or not) how the title doesn't mention how hezbollah is deliberately firing rockets at Israel 'despise ceasefire', apparently the ceasefire applies only to one side.
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Rewian1 day ago
+58
That's Reuters for you, zero bias journalism.
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Subject-Dealer63501 day ago
-21
Emphasis on east Libanon. Hizbollah is controlling the southern part and the state of Libanon controls the eastern part. The article describes Israel attacking parts of the country where Hizbollah is not in control. That is kind of important.
Edit: I was wrong, the specific areas are Hizbollah strongholds but without major military presence
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eyl5691 day ago
+41
That's not quite true. Hizbullah also controls areas further north (including parts of Beirut). These strikes are taking place in the Beqa Valley, which is a Hezbullah stronghold.
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Subject-Dealer63501 day ago
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From what I understand it is not their traditional area even though they have support. I also understand that these areas doesn’t have any military presence. I admit that I am no expert but from what I understand it is something they have not done in the past.
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eyl5691 day ago
+19
From the Hizbullah Wikipedia page:
>Since the 2024 Ceasefire agreement, Hezbollah is rearming itself. According to Israeli and Arab intelligence sources, the organisation is using the Beirut seaport and its old smuggling land routes form Syria, for bringing in long range missiles, antitank missiles, artillery and rockets. It is also reported that Hezbollah is manufacturing weapons. The efforts take place mainly in the suburbs of Beirut and the Beqaa Valley.
Beqaa is a Shiite-majority area and one of Hizbullah's major centers
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Subject-Dealer63501 day ago
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2024? I am not saying anyone is innocent here. I say that it is a new development/escalation and it is complicated for many reasons. I don’t think the article is brainwashing
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eyl5691 day ago
+13
Hizbullah has had a prsence there since 1982 (prior to that it was a PLO stronghold, AKA "Fatahland")
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Subject-Dealer63501 day ago
They have presence everywhere. I am just saying the article doesn’t lie if you read more than the title. It is an escalation. The ceasefire is with the libanese state anyway, Hizbollah has not agreed to anything as far as I know.
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eyl5691 day ago
+16
Your claim was
>Emphasis on east Libanon. Hizbollah is controlling the southern part and the state of Libanon controls the eastern part. The article describes Israel attacking parts of the country where Hizbollah is not in control. That is kind of important.
Which is incorrect. The area the airstrikes are occuring in is under Hizbullah control.
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byyhmz22 hr ago
+5
Maybe just stop.
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Subject-Dealer635022 hr ago
I won’t lie, Israel’s government openly says what they want to do. I will not call them righteous. I will not call hezbollah righteous either. The question that matters is, how many civilians are hurt?
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FireRonZook10 hr ago
+1
I admit I am no expert…but let me pass along a few stories I just made up but are probably totally true. Hey, no fair calling me a liar. I said I wasn’t an expert.
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TR_Pix16 hr ago
-1
The body of the article mentions it
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czar_alex19 hr ago
-8
I knew it. Reuters is Hamas!
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qTp_Meteor18 hr ago
+6
Its not hamas but its intentionally misleading. Great strawman though
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2anonymous2furious1 day ago
+117
Because hezb killed an Israeli soldier and injured several others with a drone strike yesterday… they’re not bombing just for funsies.
Israel and Lebanon have an agreement. Hezbollah does not, and is trying to undermine any ceasefire
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-2026/card/hezbollah-lebanese-government-accuse-each-other-of-treason-1cDbnDi4nnrbQbXuHUb9
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FriendlyJewThrowaway1 day ago
+20
Also what’s not widely understood is that the current ceasefire means Hezbollah can’t operate within the IDF’s security zone in southern Lebanon, the battle lines are to remain frozen.
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Xbirr1 day ago
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Why are there Israelis troops in Southern Lebanon anyway?
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HatCat55661 day ago
+28
Can you explain UN security council's resolution 1701?
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fury4201 day ago
+83
Because Lebanon has been incapable/unwilling to stop Hezbollah from attacking Israel from Southern Lebanon.
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FeistyGate878422 hr ago
-28
Is that why they dragged us into a war with Iran too. Same country that wanted us to invade Iraq back in the day
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Seanspeed11 hr ago
Israel has valid grievances against Iran.
Sorry Americans were too stupid to vote for somebody who wouldn't get roped in to being Israel's main muscle in a larger scale war with Iran. Not like Israel hadn't tried with previous Presidents.
This is on the people of the US.
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drewgreen1311 day ago
+28
Hezbollah
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Vryly1 day ago
+36
Because hez started attacking Israel from there.
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LogFar51381 day ago
+38
Just put your head back in the sand.
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Significant-Bother491 day ago
+73
Hezbollah attacks Israel. Israel then attacks Hezbollah.
The media: “Why is Israel ignoring the cease fire?”
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HatCat556618 hr ago
+10
when you dig down a little, these types are just mad Jews wont roll over and die like the holocaust.
"Defend themselves? How dare they? Didn't they study history? Jews are supposed to just be punching bags!"
They're just mad Jews have an army now.
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Bzr2117 hr ago
+2
right - because its just ALL about Israel defending itself - and nothing to do with any of their illegal land-grab expansionism and mass-killing of innocent civilians in Gaza and elsewhere - which has been happening for decades - not just the last few years ..
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HatCat556617 hr ago
+9
correct, thanks for the support
Israel gets along fine with neighbors like egypt and jordan now that those countries kicked out their MB chuds
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stayfrosty1 day ago
+41
What a headline. This is just constant. Israel attacks breaks ceasefire... Zero mention that Hezbollah attacked and killed soldiers. This is how media paints a picture that morons on Listnook who don't follow this closely believe.
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stayfrosty22 hr ago
+16
Lol. Israel worse than Hezbollah? Go away troll.
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qTp_Meteor18 hr ago
+6
Its a response to hezbollah killing an Israeli soldier and injuring many others. Horrible title making it sound like it came out of nowhere.
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HiFromChicago1 day ago
+16
Reuters as a wire service used to be pretty neutral. Last couple years just the opposite.
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Subject-Dealer63501 day ago
+6
I recommend reading the article, not just the title. It does mentioned how violence has continued during the ceasefire. There is more to this that one sentence. In addition, the cease fire is with the legitimate libanese government. Hizbollah is out of their control. I think that Israel expanding attacks to eastern Libanon where Hizbollah supposedly dosent have military presence is significant.
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K0TEM9 hr ago
+2
What a misleading headline. The strikes came after a number of drones and missiles were launched by Hezbollah - violating the ceasefire
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