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Sophie Wingate

Keir Starmer says post-ceasefire Israeli strikes on Lebanon ‘wrong’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to members of the aircrew before boarding a military airplane A400 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Alastair Grant/PA) - (PA Wire)

Israeli strikes on Lebanon following the US-Iran ceasefire deal are “wrong” and “should stop”, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said during a trip to Gulf nations.

Israel’s bombardment of Beirut is imperilling the two-week truce agreed to by US President Donald Trump after he had threatened that “a whole civilisation will die tonight” – language Sir Keir said he would personally “never use”.

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