Hezbollah's new leader Naim Qassem is open to a truce with Israel but warned that it would not "beg for a ceasefire".

Naim Qassem became leader of the Iran-backed group on Tuesday, following the assassination of his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah by Israel in a massive air strike.

The newly-minted Lebanese terrorist leader thanked Hezbollah “for placing its trust in me for this heavy responsibility.”

In his first speech since being appointed Hezbollah leader earlier this week, Naim Qassem vowed to continue the path of his slain predecessor Hassan Nasrallah, he declared on Wednesday.

Naim Kassem says militants won’t quit unless there are ‘suitable’ cease-fire terms

Hezbollah appointed Shiite cleric Naim Qassem as its new leader on Tuesday, nearly a month after his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike dealing a heavy blow to the Iran-backed group, CNN reported.

BEIRUT: A Hezbollah attack on northern Israel’s Metula killed five people including an Israeli farmer and four foreign workers, Israel’s Channel 12 re...

A Hezbollah attack on the northern Israeli border community of Metula killed five people including an Israeli farmer and four foreign workers, Israel's Channel 12 reported.

Senior US diplomats traveled to Israel to discuss a potential deal aimed at ending the conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon. This came as Israel again issued an evacuation order for southern Lebanon. Follow DW for more.

They were killed in two areas, in the deadliest series of rocket attacks on Israel in months.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Hezbollah's newly appointed leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem, pledged Wednesday to continue fighting Israel, saying any negotiation to stop the raging war will start with a cease-fire first.

Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that it has chosen the cleric Sheikh Naim Qassem to lead the Lebanese militant group after the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on…