Reuters
03 October, 2024, 08:00 am
Last modified: 03 October, 2024, 08:02 am
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Wednesday the country wanted a ceasefire in hostilities between Israel and armed neighborhood Hezbollah, pronouncing round 1.2 million folks in Lebanon had been displaced by Israeli assaults.
“Stop fighting. We don’t desire extra blood. We don’t desire extra destruction,” Mikati said in a web briefing organized by the American Task Power on Lebanon, a U.S.-based totally mostly non-profit. “There might be an instant need for a ceasefire.”
Mikati said a diplomatic finish to the escalating war might be a “obtain-obtain” for Israel and Lebanon and “all parties” would admire this form of deal.
The caretaker premier said he hoped to deploy 10,000 Lebanese military troops in the south if a ceasefire is agreed.
