Britain ‘welcomes’ Lebanese government’s call for end to violence between Israel, Hezbollah

A man stands near a damaged gate after a Hezbollah rocket strike on a soccer field that killed 12 children in Majdal Shams on July 28, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
A man stands near a damaged gate after a Hezbollah rocket strike on a soccer field that killed 12 children in Majdal Shams on July 28, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)

Britain welcomes the Lebanese government’s call for a cessation of all violence after a deadly attack on the Golan Heights, Britain’s foreign minister says following a call with Lebanon’s prime minister.

The comments come after a rocket fired from Lebanon killed 12 children in the Druze town of Majdal Shams on Saturday evening. Israel has vowed retaliation against the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror group for the fatal attack.

“I spoke to (Lebanese) Prime Minister Najib Mikati today to express my concern at escalating tension and welcomed the Government of Lebanon’s statement urging for cessation of all violence,” David Lammy writes on X.

“We both agreed that widening of conflict in the region is in nobody’s interest.”

Lebanon has supported Hezbollah’s denial of involvement with the strike and called for an international probe into the incident, though the terror group claimed multiple attacks on Israeli military positions during the day on Sunday.

IDF and US intelligence have stated that Hezbollah fired the deadly projectile, though it has not been determined whether the terror group aimed at that target or misfired.

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