Hezbollah official: Truce must end fighting, preserve Lebanese sovereignty

A Hezbollah official said on Wednesday that any US-brokered ceasefire deal to end the Israeli war on Lebanon must end fighting swiftly and preserve Lebanon's sovereignty, an apparent reference to Israel's stance that it will keep striking the group even with a truce in place.

Speaking to Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV, Mahmoud Qmati said that he was neither overly optimistic nor overly pessimistic about the prospects of a truce.

Reporting by Reuters