Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a US-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel on Saturday a day after it was signed, describing it as a surrender to Israel.

Hezbollah’s leader Naim Qassem had said on June 27 that the group would treat the deal as “null and void”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In the latest example of ongoing hostilities despite repeated ceasefires and agreements, Israel launched a drone strike in Lebanon's south.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was “a first step in what will be a difficult journey,” but an essential one.