Lebanese prime minister says calm in Lebanon requires cease-fire in Gaza
Cease-fire in Gaza must be reached as soon as possible in parallel with Lebanon, says Najib Mikati
Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati
BEIRUT
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Friday that the calm in Lebanon requires a quick cease-fire in Gaza.
“We informed all the international delegates who visited Lebanon that talking about a truce in Lebanon only is illogical,” said Mikati during his speech at the Cabinet session at the Government Palace in central Beirut.
The Lebanese official demanded that “a cease-fire be reached as soon as possible in Gaza, in parallel with a serious cease-fire in Lebanon.”
Tensions have escalated along Lebanon’s border with Israel since the Israeli army launched a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, amid an exchange of cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces.
The clashes between them are the deadliest since the two sides had fought a full-scale war in 2006.
*Writing by Ikram Kouachi
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