Lebanese leaders called on Iran to stop interfering in their country's affairs on Friday, following the failure of the new truce announced by the United States between Israel and pro-Iranian Hezbollah.

Published on: 05/06/2026 - 11:55 Modified on: 05/06/2026 - 22:08

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A strong warning sent to Iran. Lebanese leaders demanded, Friday, June 5, that Iran stop interfering in the affairs of their country, in the face of the failure of the new truce announced by the United States between Israel and pro-Iranian Hezbollah.

The Israeli army again carried out large strikes in southern Lebanon, after ordering the inhabitants of around ten villages to evacuate them, continuing its attacks against Hezbollah which rejected the ceasefire agreement.

"It's not your country, it's ours. (...) You don't have to intervene in our country," said Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, addressing Iran.

“Hezbollah must understand that there (is) no other solution than to sit down and talk, no other way (...) to save what is left except through negotiation and diplomacy,” he added.

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The head of state has encountered reluctance from the movement and part of the population since the launch of direct negotiations with Israel, for the first time in decades. The two countries do not maintain diplomatic relations.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam also urged Iran to stop using his country as “a means of pressure” in discussions with the United States to end the war in the Middle East. Tehran demands that any agreement with Washington include an end to hostilities on the Lebanese front, with a withdrawal of Israeli forces.

New Israeli strikes

The Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, who plays an intermediary role with Hezbollah, for his part raised for the first time the possibility that the Shiite group would evacuate the south if Israel withdrew from Lebanon and if a "comprehensive and unconditional" ceasefire was concluded.

In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of 11 countries, including France, Canada and Australia, and the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Kaja Kallas, expressed their "deep concern at the continued escalation of hostilities in Lebanon".

They welcomed the Lebanese government's "efforts to extend its authority throughout the country", notably "by advancing the disarmament of Hezbollah".

On the ground, the Israeli army carried out strikes on large areas of the south, affecting several villages, according to the National News Agency (ANI).

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The Israeli army also carried out a strike at the entrance to Tyre. Bombings on this thousand-year-old city, one of which slightly damaged the Jabal Amel hospital, left seven dead during the night, a civil defense source told Agence France-Presse (AFP). The establishment had already been affected at the beginning of the week.

“My house in the village was destroyed, my house in Tire as well, we only have the clothes on our backs left,” Marwan Ghorayeb, a retired security force, told AFP.

On Thursday, Mona Khalil, 78, an environmental activist and pioneer in turtle protection, was seriously injured in a strike that hit her home in the coastal village of al-Mansouri.

More than 3,500 dead

Hezbollah, for its part, has claimed responsibility for several attacks against Israeli troops who occupy part of the south of the country, but not against northern Israel.

The pro-Iranian group dragged the country into war in early March, attacking Israel to avenge the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the Israeli-American attack.

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While the ceasefire agreement provides for continued firing and operations by the Israeli army at this stage, Hezbollah leader Naïm Qassem assured Thursday that there would be "no security" for northern Israel "without security for the villages" in southern Lebanon.

To help the war-ravaged country, the UN has more than doubled its appeal for donations, asking for nearly $640 million over six months.

Israeli strikes on Lebanon have left 3,558 dead since the start of the conflict, or 32 more in 24 hours, according to a new report from the authorities. On the Israeli side, 27 soldiers and a civilian contractor were killed in Lebanon.

With AFP

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