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War in the Middle East: Benjamin Netanyahu refuses any ceasefire after new strikes in southern Lebanon
War in the Middle East: Benjamin Netanyahu refuses any ceasefire after new strikes in southern Lebanon
(France 2)
While Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron pleaded for a ceasefire in Lebanon last night, the Israeli Prime Minister announced that operations will continue in the south of the country on Thursday, September 26.
New Israeli strikes took place on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, September 26, in southern Lebanon and the east of the country. According to the Hebrew state, these are 75 targets, presented as Hezbollah installations and weapons warehouses. In a tweet published this Thursday, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, rejects any idea of a ceasefire.
A rejection of the initiative of the United States and France. In New York, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden together pushed for a three-week truce on Wednesday. A request while the Israeli army general staff is threatening to launch an incursion into Lebanon. “It is important that this war does not spread”the US president said. Thousands of residents of southern Lebanon continue to flee the combat zones.