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UK foreign secretary condemns Israeli minister's Lebanon remarks
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper called remarks by Israel's National Security Minister 'horrendous and abhorrent.' The comments followed a Hezbollah attack that killed four Israeli soldiers.
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British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned remarks by Israel's National Security Minister after the minister posted that 'all of Lebanon must burn' on X. The post came after four Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah attack. Cooper described the comments as 'horrendous and abhorrent' in her own post on X on Friday.
' An Israeli defence minister stated on Friday that 200,000 forcibly displaced residents of southern Lebanon would not be allowed to return home. An Israeli finance minister repeated a call to 'open the gates of hell' in Lebanon, using language first employed in March 2025 regarding Gaza.
Displacement and casualties Israel's offensive against Hezbollah began on March 2, 2026. Lebanese authorities report that more than 1.2 million people have been displaced and more than 1,200 killed since the offensive started.
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