Arab League head urges ceasefire, calls for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territories

Smoke billows over southern Lebanon, behind the buildings in Mi'ilya, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from near Ein Ya'akov, northern Israel October 21, 2024. (Reuters)

BEIRUT: Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Monday in Beirut that the league’s priority was to achieve an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon, and he called for Israel’s prompt withdrawal from any Lebanese territories it has occupied or entered.
Aboul Gheit was also asked if Hezbollah could be destroyed, to which he replied: “You cannot destroy an idea.”