Israel said on Thursday it killed a top Hezbollah leader as it continues its strikes in Lebanon while Iran threatens to walk out on ceasefire negotiations over the matter.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Ali Youssef Kharshi, secretary and nephew of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem, was killed in Beirut.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also confirmed the strike, saying that attacks against the Iranian proxy will continue with "force, precision and determination."
"At the same time, overnight, the IDF struck a series of terror infrastructures in southern Lebanon: crossings used to transfer thousands of weapons, rockets, and launchers, as well as weapons depots, launchers, and Hezbollah headquarters," Netanyahu added.
The war between Israel and Hezbollah is now at the forefront of the conflict in the Middle East, with Iran saying it will not engage in conversations in Pakistan on Friday if they continue.
The speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, said on Wednesday the ceasefire with the U.S. has been violated in three different ways since its announcement and cast doubt on negotiations with Washington.
In a social media publication, Ghalibaf rejected remarks by Trump and U.S. officials, who said Iran's demands in private negotiations were different than those stated publicly.
He claimed that the 10 points outlined are indeed what it requires to end the war, and three of them have been violated.
The first one is an end to Israeli attacks in Lebanon, something Ghalibaf said was included in the agreement announced by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The second point mentioned by Ghalibaf is "the entry of an intruding drone into Iran airspace, which was destroyed in the city of Lar in Fars Province, in clear violation of the clause prohibiting any further violation of Iran airspace."
And the third one involved alleged demands by Tehran of the recognition of its right to continue enriching uranium, something rejected by other parties.
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Ghalibaf also said on Thursday that "ceasefire violations carry explicit costs and STRONG responses."
