Hezbollah urges Lebanon to halt direct talks with Israel over territorial map

Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government Sunday to halt direct talks with Israel after the Israeli Foreign Ministry published a map depicting large parts of southern Lebanon as Israeli territory, Anadolu reports. The group said the map exposed Israeli ambitions over Lebanese land and resources, accusing Tel Aviv of seeking to impose new realities on the ground. The map, published Friday on the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Arabic-language account on the US social media platform X, showed large areas of southern Lebanon incorporated into Israel. Hezbollah argued that the map undermined the negotiating track, accusing Israel of using direct talks to buy time while seeking to consolidate its presence on Lebanese territory. The group called on the government to end direct negotiations […]