European leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon (opens in new tab)

France has requested an emergency meeting of the UN security council, after the Israeli military captured the medieval Beaufort castleEuropean leaders have condemned Israel’s expanding incursion into Lebanon, after its military and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vowed to push even deeper into the country.France’s president Emmanuel Macron called for an end to fighting, saying “nothing justifies the major escalation under way in south Lebanon”. The country’s foreign minister, Jea...