Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Sunday he was working to stop Israel’s war on Hezbollah in his country even as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu insisted to troops occupying south Lebanon that the war was far from over.
The health ministry said at least six people were killed Sunday in the south, including a Red Cross paramedic, after "the Israeli enemy directly targeted a Lebanese Red Cross ambulance team".
And the United Nations peacekeeping force UNIFIL said an Israeli tank rammed its vehicles on two occasions, "in one case causing significant damage".
Israel says the fragile temporary cease-fire in the wider Middle East war does not apply to its battle with Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, and has kept up its attacks on the country as the militants fight back.
"We will continue to work to stop this war, to ensure the Israeli withdrawal from all our lands," Salam said in a speech on the eve of the anniversary of the start to the country's 1975-1990 civil war.
