Israeli airstrikes continued across Lebanon on Friday despite a newly announced U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between Lebanese and Israeli officials in Washington, D.C., as the death toll from more than two months of fighting climbed past 3,500.
At least 3,526 people have been killed and 10,733 wounded in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since March 2, the country’s Health Ministry said.
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem rejected the ceasefire deal as a “farce” and warned that northern Israel will remain a target for fighters as long as Israel continues to bomb Lebanon.
In Washington, President Donald Trump branded as “unpatriotic” lawmakers who voted in favor of a resolution to limit his ability to wage war on Iran. “We’re going to win one way or the other,” Trump said. “It’s going to be militarily or on paper.”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said there will be “no peace in the region” until Israel withdraws from Lebanese territory, according to Iranian media. The IRGC added that a deal between Tehran and Washington also involves an end to the conflict in Lebanon.
