{"id":186261,"date":"2026-06-02T18:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=186261"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:56:24","slug":"france-warns-israel-against-major-strategic-mistake-of-deeper-military-operations-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/france-warns-israel-against-major-strategic-mistake-of-deeper-military-operations-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"France warns Israel against \u2018major strategic mistake\u2019 of deeper military operations in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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French President Emmanuel Macron has said Paris is ready to mediate a truce between Lebanon and Israel, saying that Lebanese leaders are willing to engage in direct talks in a major shift in the country\u2019s approach towards Israel.<\/p>\n

Macron\u2019s statement on Saturday came as Israel continued its attacks, killing more than 800 people in Lebanon and displacing some 800,000. Israel has issued forced evacuation orders for all residents south of the Litani River in southern Lebanon. Reports also suggest that Israeli forces are preparing for a major ground invasion there.<\/p>\n

Israel launched strikes on Lebanon after the Hezbollah group fired rockets in response to the killing of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, a day after the United States and Israel started the war. Hezbollah had not responded to near-daily attacks carried out by Israel since the November 2024 ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s unpack what France has said and what it means.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Macron\u2019s proposal?
\nMacron said he spoke with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Speaker Nabih Berri.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lebanese government has indicated its willingness to engage in direct talks with Israel,\u201d he said on X in a message posted in Hebrew, Arabic and French. All segments of the country must be represented, he said, urging Israel to seize the opportunity and start discussion for a ceasefire, \u201cabandon its large-scale offensive and cease its massive airstrikes\u201d. He also called on Hezbollah to halt \u201cits escalating conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  French President Emmanuel Macron has said Paris is ready to mediate a truce between Lebanon and Israel, saying that Lebanese leaders are willing to engage in direct talks in a major shift in the country\u2019s approach towards Israel. Macron\u2019s statement on Saturday came as Israel continued its attacks, killing more than 800 people in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10221280388112155_325455220908133":"","twitter_917774835383787521_917774835383787521":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_10221280388112155_325455220908133","service":"facebook","timestamp":1780415908,"status":"error"},{"account":"twitter_917774835383787521_917774835383787521","service":"twitter","timestamp":1780415908,"status":"error"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186261"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186263,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186261\/revisions\/186263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}