First Thing: Netanyahu rules out US-French ceasefire proposal

Israeli prime minister's office did not even respond' to the plan. Plus, how Britishisms invaded the US

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Israel has rejected a US-French proposal for a 21-day truce with Hezbollah to allow for comprehensive talks, after three days of Israeli bombing that killed more than 600 people in Lebanon.

Why does the US not call for an immediate ceasefire? US diplomats suggested it could be seen as accepting a moral equivalence between the two sides' behavior, and the US categorizes Hezbollah as a terrorist group.

Have others been investigated? Yes - federal agents earlier this month raided the homes of senior officials in Adams's administration.