Macron calls on Israel to avoid escalation following the assassination of Al-Arouri News

The French president called Emmanuel MacronYesterday evening, Tuesday, Israel To “avoid any escalation, especially in… Lebanon“, after the assassination Saleh Al-ArouriDeputy Head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation), who was targeted by a missile in the southern suburb of Beirut yesterday evening.

Following a phone call between the French President and a member of the Israeli War Council Benny GantzPalace announced Elysee Macron stressed the need to avoid any escalation, especially on the Lebanese front, indicating that France will continue to convey these messages to all parties concerned, directly or indirectly, in the region.

In its statement, the French presidency reported that Macron had reaffirmed the call on the Israeli Defense Minister to work towards achieving a “permanent ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas, in cooperation with all regional and international partners.

He also expressed his “very deep concern about the very high number of civilian deaths and the extremely urgent humanitarian situation in Gaza.”

In the same context, the French President affirmed France’s commitment to Israel’s security, according to a statement from the Elysee.

The assassination of Saleh Al-Arouri

Al-Arouri was assassinated in an attack targeting an office of the Palestinian movement in the southern suburb of Beirut, known as a Hezbollah stronghold, yesterday evening, Tuesday.

Hamas and Lebanese security sources suggested that Israel was behind this operation.

In response to the assassination, he announced Hizb allah This assassination constitutes a “dangerous attack on Lebanon,” stressing that it “will never pass without response and punishment.”

For his part, the head of the political bureau of Hamas described… Ismail Haniyeh The operation on Tuesday was described as a “full-fledged act of terrorism.”

He explained that the assassination of Al-Arouri is a violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and an expansion of Israeli hostilities against the Palestinians.

Haniyeh stressed that the Hamas movement “will never be defeated,” noting that these attacks only increase its “strength, solidity, and unwavering determination.”