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Defiance in Beirut's Hezbollah stronghold during fragile ceasefire
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The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has rejected the terms of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
The Iran-backed group's leader Naim Qassem said on Thursday that negotiations had been "futile" and "humiliating" for Lebanon, and rejected categorically by "broad segments of the Lebanese people".
It comes after Israel and Lebanon agreed to create "pilot" security zones inside Lebanon, in which Hezbollah operatives would be banned, as part of the renewed ceasefire.
The agreement is "contingent on a complete cessation" of attacks by the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, among other conditions. Hezbollah is designated as a terrorist organisation by Israel and many other countries, including the UK and US.
BBC correspondent John Sudworth explains why the ceasefire is so fragile in this report from the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
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