Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon, as well as the country's largest city. As one of the oldest and most continuously inhabited cities in the world, Beirut has a history that goes back thousands of years. Currently, it is the fourth-largest city in the Levant, behind Amman, Tel Aviv, and Damascus.
In addition to losing monopoly over airspace, Hezbollah also lost control of land supply routes following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December.
Ortagus will demand that Lebanese authorities establish a schedule for Hezbollah’s disarmament, push for talks between Israel and Lebanon.
The IDF said on Tuesday in a statement that it attacked a Hezbollah terrorist "who had recently directed Hamas operatives and assisted them."
Israel Katz issued a threat to Hezbollah, as he has done many times before. This time, however, the threat was not empty.
Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem says Israel violated the truce and warns that united resistance across the region will stop it from achieving through politics what it failed to in war.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Israel's strike on Beirut was a violation of the ceasefire agreement Israel holds with Lebanon.
“It's time for diplomacy between Israel and Lebanon,” Ortagus said.
Katz had earlier sent a message to the Lebanese government that Lebanon must enforce the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, or Israel will continue to strike the country.
"Israel is France's friend", Macron told reporters, adding France could thus express disagreements over some of Israel's actions.
Lebanon faces a huge reconstruction bill following a year of Israeli strikes on the country.
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