Israeli PM gives no indication bombing will stop after strikes that killed more than 200 people led to global outcry
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Israeli PM gives no indication bombing will stop after strikes that killed more than 200 people led to global outcry
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Benjamin Netanyahu has called for negotiations with Lebanon after worldwide condemnation of Israel’s intense bombardment of Beirut and other Lebanese cities, which threatened to undo the US-Iran ceasefire before it was barely a day old.
The Israeli prime minister said the talks should focus on the disarmament of Hezbollah and the establishment of “peace relations” with Lebanon, but gave no undertaking that the bombardment would stop, and there was no immediate sign of a let up in Israeli strikes. The Lebanese government had requested a ceasefire before talks began.
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