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Thursday, March 5, 2026
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Thursday, March 5, 2026
Lebanon president asks France’s Macron to urge Israel not to bomb south Beirut
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLebanese President Joseph Aoun asks his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to urge Israel not to bomb Beirut’s southern suburbs, after the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for the area.
In a phone conversation, Aoun asked Macron “to intervene with Israel to prevent Beirut’s southern suburbs from being targeted”, and to help bring about a “ceasefire as soon as possible,” according to a statement from the Lebanese presidency.
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