Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Sunday informed ministers at an emergency assembly that he had been holding “a sequence of contacts with Lebanon’s associates to cease the escalation”.
“What’s required is to cease the Israeli aggression initially, and to use Decision 1701,” a press release from his workplace stated.
Mikati additionally emphasised Lebanon’s “help for worldwide efforts that might result in a ceasefire in Gaza”, in response to the assertion.
Iran-backed Hezbollah has exchanged common hearth with Israel in help of its ally Hamas for the reason that Palestinian militant group’s Oct 7 assault on Israel sparked the Gaza conflict.
Calls have mounted for the total implementation of UN Decision 1701 as a manner of ending the present violence.
