The French president said Thursday that France supported the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel announced in Washington and stood ready to help monitor it.
Emmanuel Macron made the statement during a press conference in Montenegro. “We support the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel and everything that helps restore peace,” he said. France is part of a coordination mechanism with the United States to verify implementation of the deal. The agreement calls for a ceasefire conditioned on a complete halt to Hezbollah fire and the creation of pilot zones controlled solely by the Lebanese army. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun described the text as “the last chance to reach a global and definitive ceasefire.” Hezbollah rejected the deal and demanded a global ceasefire plus full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. Incidents were reported after the announcement, including the death of one Israeli soldier and eight Lebanese civilians.
