Aoun says Lebanon facing 'vicious Israeli aggression'
President Joseph Aoun said Monday that Lebanon was facing "a vicious and reprehensible Israeli aggression", after Israel stepped up its offensive against Hezbollah with the capture of the medieval Beaufort Castle.
Aoun condemned the Israeli offensive in a post on X and pledged to "work to end the suffering of the Lebanese people, and people in the south in particular".
On Monday the U.N. Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting on Lebanon, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the castle's seizure marked a "dramatic shift" in the fighting.
01 June 2026, 10:21
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He should have said that because he and the Lebanese Government can not or won't operate against the Hisballah terrorists and that they are not willing to call on their Western Allies to come to their assistance with "boots on the ground" they have no alternative but to allow Israel to clear up the country for them. They know quite well that Israel has no qualms with the Republic of Lebanon and has not fought against the Lebanese Armed Forces since 1949.
