Hezbollah official vows no ceasefire

A senior Hezbollah official has declared that the group's "strategic patience has run out" and it will not settle for a ceasefire. The statement comes just days after a short-lived truce in southern Lebanon was announced and subsequently violated. The deputy chairman of Hezbollah's Political Council vowed the group would continue its actions "no matter what the cost." This rhetoric signals a hardening of Hezbollah's position and a rejection of diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the conflict with Israel.