
European foreign ministers have stepped up calls for a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, amid concerns that Israel's assassination of longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah risks seriously destabilizing Lebanon and the region.
Although Israeli defense officials continued to raise the possibility of a cross-border operation in southern Lebanon, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom expressed alarm at the latest Israeli escalation.
Israel must "immediately stop its attacks on Lebanon," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said, adding that his country was opposed to any form of Israeli ground operation.
David Lammy, the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom, told X that he had spoken to the Lebanese prime minister, Najib Mikati.
" We agreed on the need for an immediate ceasefire to end the bloodshed. A diplomatic solution is the only way to restore security and stability for the Lebanese and Israeli people ," Lammy wrote.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told broadcaster ARD that killing Nasrallah "threatens destabilization for the whole of Lebanon", which is "in no way in Israel's security interests".
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