By The Jerusalem Post (World News) | Created at 2024-09-26 18:10:14 | Updated at 2024-09-30 07:30:43
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“The statement was coordinated with the Israeli side,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in Washington.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 20:26 Updated: SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 20:40
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House on March 3, 2023 in Washington, DC. Jean-Pierre answered a range of questions during the briefing.
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The United States and France's call for a 21-day ceasefire for Lebanon was coordinated with Israel, the White House said on Thursday.
“The statement was coordinated with the Israeli side,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in Washington.
She spoke after US Present Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron called on all parties connected to the year-long constrained IDF-Hezbollah war to accept a ceasefire.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office clarified that it has not yet responded to the call, and Foreign Minister Israel Katz posted on X that Israel would not accept it.
IDF will continue hitting Hezbollah
Netanyahu, upon landing in New York, said the IDF would continue hitting Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy group that has long attacked Israel from southern Lebanon.
