Hezbollah leader rejects prosecutor’s demand to hand over information in Hariri case

Hezbollah won’t cooperate with Hariri tribunal

BEIRUT — Hezbollah’s leader says he will not respond to a U.N.-appointed prosecutor’s demand for the Islamic militant group to hand over all information relevant to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Sheik Hassan Nasrallah says he does not recognize the legitimacy of the U.N. tribunal investigating the 2005 killing and would cooperate with the Lebanese judiciary instead.

Hezbollah has handed over a packet of purported evidence it says implicates Israel in the killing, but the prosecutor has said that was “incomplete” and demanded the group hand over all information relevant to his investigation. Israel dismissed the claim.

Nasrallah spoke to supporters Friday at a rally south of Beirut marking “Jerusalem Day.”