Hezbollah Rejects Ceasefire as Drone Strikes UNIFIL Site
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem calls US-brokered deal 'humiliating'; a drone hits a UNIFIL parking lot in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah Rejects Ceasefire as Drone Strikes UNIFIL Site — Lebanese media reported a drone attack on a car in the UNIFIL center parking lot in the village of Burj Qallawiya in southern Lebanon[^1]. Hours earlier, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Thursday, June 4, issued a sharp statement rejecting the ceasefire agreements between Israel and Lebanon brokered by the United States, calling them 'humiliating and shameful'. Qassem claimed the Washington Declaration aims to enslave Lebanon in favor of the 'Greater Israel' project. The agreement, signed on June 3, stipulated the disarmament of Hezbollah and the withdrawal of its forces north of the Litani River. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon has risen to 3,526 martyrs and 10,733 wounded since March 2026[^2]. The attack on the UNIFIL parking lot and Qassem's defiance underscore the fragility of the ceasefire. Vesti and Cursor both reported the drone strike, but while Vesti framed it as a violation of the truce, Cursor highlighted Hezbollah's continued operations[^1]. The EU pledged €100 million to the Lebanese army to reinforce the state against the Hezbollah threat, yet Qassem's statement suggests the militia will not disarm. The question remains: can the Lebanese army assert control with EU funds, or will Hezbollah's rejection render the ceasefire meaningless? Haredi Conscription and Northern Discontent: Israel's Domestic Fissures Deepen — Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, leader of the Haredi-Lithuanian community, today called on his followers to 'sacrifice for the war'—not against Iran, but against the conscription of Haredi men into the IDF.[^1] Speaking at the Union of Yeshivas conference in Jerusalem, Hirsch framed the draft as an existential threat to religious autonomy. The remarks come as Minister Ze'ev Elkin, in a Radio 103FM interview, condemned recent ultra-Orthodox riots at the home of Supreme Court Judge Noam Solberg, calling them a crossing of 'red lines' while also accusing critics of hypocrisy.[^2] The juxtaposition highlights a deepening rift: the Haredi leadership's uncompromising stance versus a government struggling to balance c