Netanyahu Orders Strikes on Beirut Suburbs, Complicating Iran Mediation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered strikes in southern Beirut, intensifying the conflict and potentially hindering mediation efforts between the US and Iran. Iran cited these attacks as a factor delaying diplomatic progress.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, signalling further escalation of a war that has complicated mediation towards resolving the US-Iran conflict. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said on Monday that Israeli attacks in Lebanon were among factors causing a delay to the diplomatic process to end the US-Iran war, reiterating that a Lebanon ceasefire was an integral part of any...