France slams 'unacceptable' Israeli attacks as UK says Lebanon should be included in ceasefire
France has censured the latest Israeli atrocities against civilians across Lebanon as unacceptable, whilst the United Kingdom wants the Arab country included in the ceasefire between the US and Iran.
The French foreign minister has denounced the latest "unacceptable" Israeli acts of aggression against civilians across Lebanon, warning such atrocities could jeopardize the shaky ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran.
"These attacks are all the more unacceptable as they undermine the temporary ceasefire reached yesterday between the US and Iran," Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio station on Thursday.
The remarks came a day after the Israeli regime targeted various areas throughout Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least 254 people and wounding 1,165 others, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.
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Since February 28, when Israel and the US began their large-scale and unprovoked military campaign against Iran, the occupying regime has ramped up its assaults on Lebanon.
Before the war, Israel carried out numerous violations of a 2024 ceasefire deal it signed with Hezbollah, under which Tel Aviv was expected to end deadly attacks on Lebanon.
Iran and the US announced a 15-day ceasefire on Wednesday based on Iran's 10-point proposal. One of the agreed points, as confirmed by the mediator Pakistan, has been a ceasefire in Lebanon.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that Iran was preparing "regret-inducing" response to the renewed Israeli attacks on Lebanon, warning that any assault on Hezbollah was an assault on the Islamic Republic.
Meanwhile, Yvette Cooper, the British Foreign Minister stated that London "strongly" wants Lebanon included in the Iran-US truce agreement.
"We do want to see the ceasefire extended to Lebanon. I'm deeply troubled about the escalating attacks that we saw from Israel in Lebanon yesterday," the top diplomat told Sky News.
"We've seen the humanitarian consequences, the huge mass displacement of people in Lebanon. So we do strongly want to see the ceasefire extended to Lebanon," she added.
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