CAIRO: French President Emmanuel Macron told his new Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun in a phone call that he is in communication to maintain the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, according to a statement by the Lebanese President’s office on X.
Aoun asked Macron to oblige Israel to implement the agreement to preserve stability.
The phone call comes after the Israeli army on Saturday warned residents of dozens of Lebanese villages near the border against returning until further notice, a day after Israel said its forces would remain in south Lebanon beyond a Sunday deadline for their departure under the US-brokered ceasefire that ended last year’s war.
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France in communication to maintain Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire, Lebanese statement citing Macron says
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France in communication to maintain Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire, Lebanese statement citing Macron says
- Aoun asked Macron to oblige Israel to implement the agreement to preserve stability
Netanyahu says warned Beirut to stop Hezbollah, or Israel will
- “Now, if you do not do so, it is clear that we will do so,” Netanyahu continued
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he had warned Lebanon’s government that Israel would act to disarm Hezbollah “on the ground” if Beirut failed to do so.
“I told the Lebanese government a few days ago: you are playing with fire if you continue allowing Hezbollah to operate, in violation of your commitment to disarm it,” Netanyahu told a press conference.
“The time has come for you to do so. Now, if you do not do so, it is clear that we will do so,” he continued.
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