Hezbollah leader backs ceasefire efforts for first time as Israel continues cross-border raids

A top Hezbollah leader announced on Tuesday the group’s support for a ceasefire with Israel, the first time he’s publicly endorsed a cessation of hostilities.

Hezbollah’s top official, Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem, publicly addressed the one-year anniversary of the start of the attacks on Israel on Tuesday. Hezbollah started firing rockets and missiles from southern Lebanon into northern Israel in solidarity with Hamas, another Iranian-backed U.S.-designated terrorist group based in Gaza that had attacked Israel one day earlier.