Refusing a transactional ceasefire—Hezbollah's stance is to stake their chips on long-term attrition, but who will settle the accounts for the families beneath the ruins in the southern suburbs?

Lebanese Hezbollah senior official Qomati stated that he opposes any partial ceasefire, emphasizing that only a comprehensive ceasefire is acceptable; he will not exchange the Israeli military stopping attacks on southern Beirut for Hezbollah halting its strikes on northern Israel. Reports say the Israeli military continues airstrikes on southern Lebanon causing casualties, and Hezbollah claims its forces launched an attack on Israeli troops in the early hours of the 2nd.