European ministers call for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon
by Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and William Christou i from World news | The Guardian on (#6R39Z)
France says Israel must stop strikes, as governments voice alarm over escalation and killing of Nasrallah
European foreign ministers have stepped up calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, amid concern that Israel's killing of Hezbollah's longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, risks seriously destabilising Lebanon and the region.
Even as Israeli defence officials continued to raise the prospect of a cross-border operation into southern Lebanon, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK voiced alarm over the latest escalation on the Israeli side.
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