Hezbollah lawmaker says Israel's war failed to crush group

The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc in Lebanon, Mohammad Raad, says Israel’s fight against the Iran-backed terror group had “failed” to eliminate it.

Raad says in a statement that “the enemy’s war aimed at crushing the resistance in Lebanon has failed and will not achieve its objectives.”

He also calls on Lebanese authorities to “adopt a framework for indirect negotiations with the enemy” to stop the fighting. Lebanon and Israel have held a series of direct talks.

He says the Israeli military must “fully comply with the cessation of hostilities on land, at sea and in the air” outlined in the Iran-US MOU, “and prepare for and begin withdrawal within 60 days, without any need whatsoever for direct negotiations.”