Lebanon’s PM condemns rockets launched toward Israel from within country

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati heads a cabinet meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, January 18, 2023. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati heads a cabinet meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, January 18, 2023. (Bilal Hussein/AP)

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati says the country “refuses any escalation from its territory,” condemning the barrage of rockets fired towards Israel from its soil.

Mikati says in a statement that Lebanon “rejects the use of its territory to carry out operations that destabilize the situation,” after Israel threatened to retaliate against Palestinian groups it accused of the attack.

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