French President Emmanuel Macron said Hezbollah must lay down its arms in Lebanon, but added that Israel must do the same. 'There must be no fighting. There must be peace,' he said, according to reports.
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Wednesday for both Hezbollah and Israel to disarm in Lebanon. "Hezbollah must lay down its arms in Lebanon. On the other hand, Israel must also do so. There must be no fighting. There must be peace," Macron said, according to Israeli media reports. The statement follows Macron's earlier expression of support for a US-Iran deal and advocacy for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon, as The Zioneer reported at 17:49. The remarks place Macron in a position of symmetrical pressure on both parties, contrasting with earlier Israeli and US statements distinguishing sharply between the legal status of an Israeli military presence and that of an armed non-state actor like Hezbollah.
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