Published on: 04/06/2026 - 06:53 Last updated: 05/06/2026 - 00:51
On Thursday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem called for a “comprehensive ceasefire” and Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, calling on the Lebanese authorities to “stop the farce and insult called direct negotiations” with Israel, hours after the agreement was announced in Washington. Qassem stressed that "resistance will continue as long as the occupation exists." On the Iranian level, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei accused, in a written letter, the United States and Israel of seeking to “sow division” between Iranians after the two countries received a “decisive blow” in the war. The letter stated that the “main tool” to weaken Iran is “sowing seeds of doubt, despair, fear, mistrust and division,” calling for “confronting these malicious intentions through steadfastness and insight, maintaining unity, cohesion and mutual trust, and refraining from repeating what the enemy says.”
The Israeli army announces the killing of an officer in southern Lebanon
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The army said that a 21-year-old captain "fell in action." An Israeli military source told Agence France-Presse that he died as a result of Hezbollah firing an anti-tank missile at an Israeli tank.
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“The recent ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon provides an opportunity to prevent the renewal of large-scale hostilities,” European Union foreign policy chief Kaya Kallas said in online statements.
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Salam said in a speech read by Information Minister Paul Morcos: “The next step is practical and tangible: the deployment of the Lebanese army in experimental areas as a first stage, which does not negate our right to complete withdrawal, but rather brings us closer to it.”
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Khamenei's message was read during the commemoration of the thirty-seventh anniversary of the death of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ruhollah Khomeini, the day after US President Donald Trump expressed his optimism about the possibility of reaching an agreement with Iran this week, despite the attacks in the Gulf.
Mojtaba Khamenei said in the letter: The United States and Israel are seeking to “sow division” between Iranians after the two countries received a “decisive blow” in the war.
He added that the "main tool" to weaken Iran is "sowing seeds of doubt, despair, fear, mistrust and division," calling for "confronting these malicious intentions through steadfastness and insight, maintaining unity, cohesion and mutual trust, and refraining from repeating what the enemy says."
France 24/ Agencies
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