Netanyahu rejects US-led ceasefire proposal with Hezbollah

Published September 26, 2024 12:27pm ET



Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a U.S.-led ceasefire proposal that would temporarily stop Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Netanyahu’s office said in a Thursday statement that he “has directed the IDF to continue fighting with full force” against Hezbollah, just hours after the United States and several other countries announced a ceasefire proposal that would stop the fighting for three weeks — if both sides were to agree to it.

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