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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and William Christou in Beirut

European ministers call for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon

Rubble in a cloud of dust amid high-rise buildings
A man walks on the rubble of buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs. Photograph: Ali Alloush/Reuters

European foreign ministers have stepped up calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, amid concern that Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, risks seriously destabilising Lebanon and the region.

Even as Israeli defence officials continued to raise the prospect of a cross-border operation into southern Lebanon, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK voiced alarm over the latest escalation on the Israeli side.

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