US proposes new plan to ease Israel-Lebanon tensions amid fighting
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Lebanon and has proposed a plan to allow for "gradual de-escalation," a US official said on Sunday.
The US has proposed that as a first step, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group would stop all attacks on Israel, and in return, Israel would refrain from escalation in Beirut, the official said.
Kuwait condemns Israel’s ‘wide-scale ground incursion’ into Lebanon
Kuwait on Monday strongly condemned Iranian missile and drone attacks on its territory, calling them "a blatant breach of international law."
The attacks also constitute "a serious escalation and a direct violation of Kuwait’s security and stability" and pose a "grave threat to the civilian safety and critical infrastructure” in Kuwait, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said the repeated attacks undermine efforts to de-escalate tensions and threaten regional security and stability, reiterating Kuwait’s firm rejection of such actions.