Lebanese leaders Monday launched a flurry of diplomatic activity designed to bring pressure to bear on Israel to halt its repeated violations of Lebanon’s territory, after Israeli air attacks raised the potential for a new confrontation with Hezbollah. President Michel Aoun told the United Nations representative in Lebanon the Israeli drone episode amounted to a “declaration of war” that gave Lebanon the right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity ...
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