Key Arab leaders and the Arab League chief are also participating.
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00:00Tight security surrounds the G7 foreign minister's two-day summit in Italy, which kicked off
00:06on Monday.
00:07Leaders face mounting pressure to push forward diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the wars
00:12in the Middle East and Ukraine.
00:15The summit is being held in the medieval town of Fughi, southeast of Rome.
00:20Hopes for brokering a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon are foremost on the agenda.
00:26As the G7 ministers arrived in Italy, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Mike Herzog told Israeli
00:31Army Radio on Monday a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based
00:36Hezbollah could be reached within days.
00:40Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, as well
00:44as the Secretary General of the Arab League are also present in the event.