Macron urges Netanyahu to prevent ‘conflagration’ between Israel and Hezbollah

French President Emmanuel Macron urged leader Benjamin Netanyahu to prevent a “conflagration” between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, during a telephone call between the two leaders.

Macron “reiterated his serious concern over a deepening of tensions between Hezbollah and Israel… and underscored the absolute need to prevent a conflagration that would harm the interests of Lebanon as well as Israel,” the French presidency says in a statement.