France to host Lebanon aid conference, Macron says
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Two women from Sierra Leone sleep on a mattress at a shelter for displaced migrant workers, in Hazmieh, Lebanon October 4, 2024. REUTERS/Emilie Madi
PARIS (Reuters) - France will host an international conference this month to help drum up humanitarian aid for Lebanon and strengthen security in the southern part of the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday.
"We will hold in the next few weeks a conference to provide humanitarian aid, support the international community and support the Lebanese armed forces boost security, especially in southern Lebanon," Macron said after a meeting of French speaking countries in Paris.
Israel has begun an intense bombing campaign in Lebanon and sent troops across the border in recent weeks after nearly a year of exchanging fire with Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
Fighting had previously been mostly limited to the Israel-Lebanon border area, taking place in parallel to Israel's year-old war in Gaza against Palestinian group Hamas.
(Reporting by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Mark Potter)
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