The new leader of Hezbollah has vowed that his group will keep fighting Israel until it is offered ceasefire terms it deems acceptable.
Israel has launched heavy airstrikes on Baalbek, in eastern Lebanon, after it issued an evacuation warning for the city and its outskirts. It comes as the new leader of Hezbollah, Naim Kassem, vowed that his group would keep fighting Israel until it was offered ceasefire terms it deemed acceptable, despite Lebanon's caretaker prime minister saying he hoped a ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel would be announced 'within hours'.
Israel ban on UNRWA Speaking to Sky News, Martin Griffiths, former UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said that Israel's attempt to ban UNRWA was 'predicted and predictable'. He added: 'It's still an incredible shock because it's a complete act of effrontery, not only against the law, it's also a blatant disregard for the obligations of every member state.
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