Hezbollah has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s accusation that it is jeopardising a ceasefire, saying it will keep responding to Israel’s violations and its occupation of south Lebanon, AFP reports.

In a statement, Hezbollah says its attacks on Israeli targets in south Lebanon and northern Israel are “a legitimate response to the enemy’s persistent violations of the ceasefire since the first day of the announcement of the temporary truce”.

“Hezbollah affirms clearly and firmly that the enemy’s continued ceasefire violations… and above all its continued occupation of Lebanese territory and violations of its sovereignty will be met with a response and a resistance that is… ready to defend its land and people,” the statement reads.