Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah on Thursday rejected a ceasefire agreement that would require them to leave country's South, demanding instead that Israel withdraw from the country entirely.

Hezbollah controls much of Lebanon's southern region and acts as a de facto autonomous entity over which the government in Beirut has little practical authority. Israel and the Beirut government recently agreed to a ceasefire that would require Hezbollah to leave its territories.

The group's leader, Naim Kassem, rejected the agreement in a statement, calling the terms "absurd, humiliating, and insulting," according to the Associated Press. "What we are concerned about is an end to the aggression, ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal."

A ceasefire in Lebanon has proved a sticking point for negotiations with Iran, which has repeatedly objected to continued fighting in the country on the grounds that Lebanon was included in the original ceasefire deal.

President Donald Trump this week announced a ceasefire in Lebanon after a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He further denied reports that Iran had suspended talks in protest of the continued fighting.

Hezbollah is widely regarded as an Iranian proxy group and the implications of the continued fighting for the broader negotiations remain unclear.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.