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The statement was coordinated with the Israeli side,
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in Washington The news about a cease-fire — not true,
Netanyahu wrote on social media It is time for a settlement on the Israel-Lebanon border that ensures safety and security to enable civilians to return to their homes,
the U.S.-French statement said This is an American-French proposal that the Prime Minister has not even responded to,
Netanyahu's office said Thursday, adding a dismissal of a separate report suggesting the Israeli leader We call for broad endorsement and for the immediate support of the Governments of Israel and Lebanon,
The report about the purported directive to ease up on the fighting in the north is the opposite of the truth,
Israel is violating our sovereignty by sending their war planes and drones to our skies; by killing our civilians, including youth, women and children; destroying homes and forcing families to flee harsh humanitarian conditions,
Iran will not remain indifferent in case of a full-scale war in Lebanon,
Abbas Araghchi told reporters An all-out war is possible,
President Joe Biden told the ABC talk show The View To all sides, let us say in one clear voice: stop the killing and destruction. Tone down the rhetoric and threats. Step back from the brink,
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council Wednesday What I think is, also, the opportunity is still in play to have a settlement that could fundamentally change the whole region,
Also, the fighting in Gaza will continue until all the goals of the war are achieved,
the statement further added The news about a ceasefire is incorrect. This is an American-French proposal, to which the prime minister did not even respond. The news about the supposed directive to moderate the fighting in the north is also the opposite of the truth. The prime minister instructed the IDF to continue the fighting with full force, and according to the plans presented to him,
I have a very important message for British nationals in Lebanon which is: the time to leave is now
We are attacking all day, both to prepare the ground for the possibility of your entry [into Lebanon], but also to continue striking Hezbollah
We are then prepared to fully support all diplomatic efforts to conclude an agreement between Lebanon and Israel within this period, building on efforts over the last months, that ends this crisis altogether.
One of the odd things about this conflict since October is that the whole world wants a ceasefire that the belligerents don’t,
They always point to the US military assistance that Israel gets – $3.5bn a year. Since October 8, emergency appropriations of about $21bn. That level of US support for Israel doesn’t make the US an honest broker. There is going to be a lot of cynicism about this particular ceasefire statement,
Diplomacy however cannot succeed amid an escalation of this conflict,
We therefore have worked together in recent days on a joint call for a temporary cease-fire to give diplomacy a chance to succeed and avoid further escalations across the border,