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'Not Your Country': Lebanese Leaders Rebuke Iran as Israel, Hezbollah Trade Attacks

Lebanese officials said Iran should stop treating the country as a bargaining chip as Israeli strikes and Hezbollah attacks continued after a truce collapsed.

  • On Friday, a new truce deal negotiated in Washington between Israeli and Lebanese envoys collapsed as Israeli strikes hit around 40 locations in southern Lebanon while Tehran-backed Hezbollah launched rockets in response.
  • Hezbollah rejected the proposal on Thursday, demanding a comprehensive ceasefire instead of the 'complete cessation' of fire that excluded a halt to Israeli military operations, according to reports.
  • Israeli strikes near Tyre's Jabal Amel hospital killed four people and wounded five, contributing to a death toll of at least 3,558 people across Lebanon since March 2, health officials reported.
  • During a Friday press conference, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam addressed Iran, stating, 'It's not your job to interfere into our country,' and urged them to stop treating the south as a 'bargaining chip.'
  • As exchanges of fire continue, residents in northern Israeli towns like Shlomi express fatigue, with 60-year-old Sigalit Levin telling AFP on Thursday, 'We can't keep doing this.
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Despite the ceasefire announced Wednesday, June 3, between Israel and Lebanon, fighting continued Friday between the Jewish state and the Iranian-backed Islamist movement Hezbollah. Losing patience, Lebanese authorities demanded that Tehran cease its intervention in Lebanon. Source link: https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/moyen-orient-malgre-la-treve-israel-et-le-hezbollah-continuent-de-s-affronter-au-liban_244884 Author: Publish date…

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The President and Prime Minister of Lebanon criticized Iran on Friday for rejecting the latest ceasefire agreement between the Lebanese government and Israel, claiming that his country should not be used by Tehran as a “negotiation card” in its talks with Washington.

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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam asked Iran Friday to stop using its country as "a means of pressure in negotiations with the United States to put an end to the Middle East war," reports AFP and Agerpres. "If I can tell Iran one thing, it is this: have mercy on our south, stop treating it (...) as ...

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Thursday, June 4, 2026.
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