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As French President Emmanuel Macron began a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for Lebanon to hold fresh presidential elections in the wake of a shaky ceasefire between Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel. Read our liveblog for the latest developments.
Macron and Saudi’s MBS call for presidential elections in Lebanon
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Monday for presidential elections in Lebanon after a fragile ceasefire agreement went into effect there.
“Together, they called for the holding of presidential elections in Lebanon with the aim of bringing the Lebanese people together and carrying out the reforms necessary for the stability and security of the country,” Macron’s office said after the two leaders met on the first day of a state visit by the French president to Saudi Arabia.
Welcome to our liveblog, where we post the latest developments on the war in the Middle East. To read all about yesterday’s key events, click here.
- The UK said it will increase the amount of aid it sends to Gaza ahead of a conference in Cairo aiming to improve desperate humanitarian conditions in the strip ahead of winter.
- The US Navy destroyed Houthi missiles and drones targeting American vessels in the Gulf of Aden, US Central Command said.
- Israeli bombardments on homes in north Gaza killed at least 15 people, Palestinian medics said, with nearby hospitals unable to cope with the number of wounded.
- The UN said that Gaza has most child amputees per capita globally after more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, and Reuters)
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
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