Lebanon president urges US, France to compel Israel to halt attacks

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called Sunday for France and the United States, guarantors of a fragile 27 November ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, to compel Israel to halt its attacks.

Aoun condemned an Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital earlier in the evening and called on "the United States and France, as guarantors of the ceasefire agreement, to assume their responsibilities and compel Israel to halt its attacks immediately".