UK calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ between Israel, Hezbollah amid ‘worrying escalation’

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy calls for an “immediate ceasefire” after a “worrying escalation” between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, as heightening cross-border tensions lead to fears of an all-out war.

“Our message to all parties is clear: We need an immediate ceasefire from both sides so that we can get to a political settlement so that Israelis and Lebanese civilians can return to their homes and live in peace and security,” Lammy says in a speech at the Labour party’s annual conference.

His comments come after Hezbollah launched some 85 rockets from Lebanon at the Haifa area in northern Israel this morning, following overnight launches at the Jezreel Valley, the terror group’s deepest rocket fire into Israel since the beginning of the war in October.

Israel carried out a new wave of strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after the major rocket barrages.