Hezbollah rejects Annan ceasefire plan

BEIRUT: Hezbollah said on Friday it rejected a plan by UN chief Kofi Annan proposing a ceasefire with Israel and calling for the release of two Israeli soldiers captured by the Lebanese Shiite militant group.

"It is normal that we reject this plan. The only thing accepted for us is an unconditional ceasefire followed by indirect negotiations on a prisoners' swap," Hezbollah MP Hussein Hajj Hassan said.