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Lebanese President Urges US Support After Israel Framework Deal as Strikes Continue
Joseph Aoun appealed for continued American support following a US-backed agreement with Israel that seeks to end hostilities. Hezbollah has rejected the deal, which requires its disarmament.
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday urged the United States to stand by Lebanon after a recent US-backed framework deal with Israel. The agreement aims to permanently end hostilities following the latest Israel-Hezbollah war and calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah. Aoun expressed hope that Lebanon could turn the page on wars and open a new page of hope, peace and stability.
In a message marking the 250th anniversary of US independence, he asked Washington to keep always standing beside Lebanon’s right and just causes, its institutions, army and people. The Lebanese Health Ministry stated that the death toll in Lebanon since March 2 has reached 4,303 killed and 12,202 wounded.
Israel has continued to strike what it says are Hezbollah positions inside Lebanon despite signing the US-sponsored framework agreement last week.
Hezbollah has rejected the framework agreement and refused to lay down its arms. The Lebanese government’s mission to disarm the group has raised fears of a renewed civil war similar to the fighting between 1975 and 1990. One Palestinian was killed and one wounded in an Israeli drone attack on the Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to sources at al-Ahli Arab Hospital.
Two people were killed in Israeli shelling on the town of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, emergency services sources said. The Israeli army has intensified military operations with gunfire and shelling to expand the yellow zone in northern Gaza.
