Lammy warns of risk of escalation in Lebanon
Foreign secretary David Lammy calls for ceasefires in Lebanon and Gaza and urges Israel and Iran to avoid the risk of a regional war in the Middle East. He said: “At this time, none of us want to see a regional escalation. None of us want a return to the years in which Israel found itself bogged down in a quagmire in southern Lebanon and pitched battles between Israeli soldiers and of course the Lebanese side.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We're calling for an immediate ceasefire. We need a diplomatic solution to the problems in Lebanon
00:08so that Israelis can go back to their home in northern Israel and Lebanese can return to their
00:14homes in southern Israel. We will continue to speak to the Israelis and indeed to other actors
00:22in the Middle East at this time. None of us want to see a regional escalation,
00:29none of us want to return to the years in which Israel found itself bogged down in a quagmire
00:37in southern Lebanon and pitched battles between Israeli soldiers and of course the Lebanese side.