Israel-Hezbollah war would be 'regional conflict' like Ukraine, French ambassador says

France’s ambassador to Israel, Frederic Journes, on Monday warned that a full-scale war in Lebanon would create a "regional conflict" like the war in Ukraine.

“If a full-scale war starts in Lebanon, it could turn this whole thing into a regional conflict, and then you have a regional conflict in Ukraine and a second regional conflict in the Middle East,” Journes said at a national security conference in Israel hosted by Haaretz.

“Iran doesn’t want it, Hezbollah doesn’t want it and Israel doesn’t want it, and yet it is very possible that it happens,” he said.