Hezbollah rejected Thursday the ceasefire deal announced in a joint statement Wednesday by the United States, Israel and Lebanon.

Naim Qassem, secretary-general of the terror organization, said in a written statement read on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV that withdrawing Hezbollah fighters from southern Lebanon under fire constitutes surrender.

The withdrawal would mean “surrender, defeat and achieving the enemy’s goals,” he said.

“What we are concerned about is an end to the aggression, ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal,” Qassem added. “We did not make any commitment to any party to stop resisting as long as there is occupation.”

The ceasefire announcement and swift rejection come amid reports of the deaths of one UNIFIL peacekeeper from Serbia and three others, although whether the strike emanated from Hezbollah or the IDF remains unknown.

President Donald Trump has attempted to force a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah because the fighting is impeding progress on a peace deal with Iran, which has said it would not agree to any deal that didn’t include a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. The president is seeking a deal to end Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz that sent the global economy into a tailspin amid a sharp spike in oil prices.

Previous ceasefires have failed, as Hezbollah continued its rocket and drone attacks on civilian population centers in northern Israel. The agreements have served only to constrain Israel somewhat in its response.