{"id":469747,"date":"2026-05-31T21:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/469747\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:51:17","slug":"european-leaders-condemn-idfs-advance-into-southern-lebanon-as-rockets-rain-down-on-northern-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/469747\/","title":{"rendered":"European leaders condemn IDF&#8217;s advance into southern Lebanon as rockets rain down on northern Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/frances-macron-says-nothing-justifies-idfs-expansion-deeper-into-southern-lebanon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France\u2019s Macron says \u2018nothing justifies\u2019 IDF\u2019s expansion deeper into southern Lebanon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron says that \u201cnothing justifies the major escalation underway in south Lebanon,\u201d where Israeli forces have pushed deeper into the country in a renewed offensive against Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>In a message on X after speaking with regional leaders, Macron says it is \u201cessential\u201d for an agreement to be reached quickly between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Macron held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Oman\u2019s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed, and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrance will continue to support the Lebanese authorities in their efforts to restore the sovereignty of the state and the country\u2019s territorial integrity,\u201d Macron writes.<\/p>\n<p>Regional stability \u201cmust begin with Lebanon, where it is urgent that all weapons fall silent, for good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, he says a ceasefire must be a \u201cpriority\u201d between the United States and Iran, and calls for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz \u201cwithout any conditions and in accordance with international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalks must then continue in order to reach a comprehensive and robust agreement on other issues, particularly the nuclear and ballistic programmes and regional stability,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrance stands ready to fully play its part by helping to restore maritime traffic through the independent multinational mission set up with the United Kingdom,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France\u2019s Macron says \u2018nothing justifies\u2019 IDF\u2019s expansion deeper into southern Lebanon French President Emmanuel Macron says that \u201cnothing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,140589,43],"class_list":["post-469747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-liveblog","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}