Speaking with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Paris wanted “an immediate halt to Israeli strikes in Lebanon” and was “opposed to any ground operation”, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Speaking with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Paris wanted “an immediate halt to Israeli strikes in Lebanon” and was “opposed to any ground operation”, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Yes, because then it would be a recognized war between countries and Israel could seek other measures of retaliation. As it stands, Hezbollah gets to use a whole country as a human shield against things like international sanctions. Right now the only sanctions on Lebanon are for weapons, because other sanctions would lead to an even more massive humanitarian problem with how shit a state the country is in.
It’s one of the worst countries in the world right now. It lost 90% of its economic output since 2019 and something like 85% of the population is living below the poverty line.