President Joseph Aoun has called for an end to near-daily deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon during a meeting in Beirut with United States envoy Morgan Ortagus, as Israel has intensified its attacks on its northern neighbour in recent days.

Israel has repeatedly bombarded Lebanon, flagrantly violating a November 2024 ceasefire that sought to end over a year of hostilities that escalated into months of full-blown war, with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. In October alone, Israeli strikes have killed more than 20 people in Lebanon, according to the country’s Ministry of Public Health.

A statement released by the presidency on Tuesday said Aoun had insisted to Ortagus on “the need to activate the work of the Cessation of Hostilities Monitoring Committee … particularly with regard to hal

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