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In emergency Lebanese cabinet meeting, PM calls for implementation of Resolution 1701

By Gianluca Pacchiani 25 August 2024, 1:42 pm 33 Edit

Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati says Beirut is holding contacts with its partners to stop an escalation with Israel, the country’s official news agency NNA reports.

In an emergency meeting of the cabinet held at his residence, Mikati says that “what is required is first to stop the Israeli aggression, and then to implement Resolution 1701,” referencing the UN decision that ended the Second Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006 and stipulated the creation of a demilitarized zone between Israel’s northern border and the Litani River in Lebanon.

The cabinet also discusses the readiness of Lebanon’s emergency services. The country is running out of fuel and has experienced widespread power cuts in recent days, which have affected the regular functioning of hospitals. Lebanese media outlets L’Orient Today and Al AKhbar report that an Algerian oil tanker is expected to arrive in Beirut tomorrow and deliver 30,000 tons of oil donated by the north African country, worth $18 million.

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