French UN envoy calls Israeli incursion into Lebanon a ‘strategic mistake’

<article data-history-node-id="441540" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/french-un-envoy-calls-israeli-incursion-lebanon-strategic-mistake" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/french-un-envoy-calls-israeli-incursion-lebanon-strategic-mistake" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">French UN envoy calls Israeli incursion into Lebanon a ‘strategic mistake’</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>French Ambassador to the United Nations Jerome Bonnafont described Israel’s expanding military incursion into Lebanon as a “major strategic mistake”, warning that the raising of an Israeli flag over Beaufort Castle reflected a “worrying return to the past”.</p> <p>Bonnafont said Hezbollah, with support from Iran, had helped drag Lebanon into war, but stressed that there was no justification for the continuation of Israeli military operations.</p> <p>The French envoy reiterated France’s position that a political and diplomatic solution remains the only viable path to long-term stability in Lebanon and the region.</p> </div> </div> </article>