Hezbollah chief rejects Israel-Lebanon framework agreement

BEIRUT - Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington is "null", a "humiliation" and a surrender of sovereignty, and should be replaced by the Iran-US memorandum.

Qassem said in a statement that any attempt to link Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon to the group's disarmament crossed "red lines."

 Israel struck southern Lebanon on Saturday, a day after the two countries signed a US-brokered security arrangement aimed at easing tensions along their border after months of hostilities.

Lebanon's state news agency said an Israeli drone struck in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, which lies outside a security zone shown on a map published by Israel of an expanded zone its troops control in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli military told Reuters it had carried out the strike, using a drone as no Israeli troops were in the immediate area. It said it targeted an individual who posed a threat to its forces, without providing further details or evidence.