BEIRUT/JERUSALEM — Israel rejected global calls on Thursday (Sept 26) for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally in Washington and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of an all-out regional war.
People clean the streets a day after an Israeli strike on residential buildings in the village of Maaysrah, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Sept 26, 2024.BEIRUT/JERUSALEM — Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally in Washington and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of an all-out regional war.
On the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon, the army staged an exercise simulating a ground invasion — a potential next stage after relentless airstrikes and explosions of communications devices. Arriving in New York before addressing the UN General Assembly on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters the military will keep hitting Hezbollah with "full force and we will not stop until we achieve all our goals, first and foremost returning the residents of the north safely to their homes".
"We will do everything to ensure this proposal is accepted," Macron said, adding that France was ready to call a new UN Security Council meeting to endorse the proposal. "So let me be clear, Israel and Lebanon can choose a different path, despite the sharp escalation in recent days, a diplomatic solution is still viable," Austin said.
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