MONTREAL: French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday it would be 鈥渁 mistake鈥� for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refuse a ceasefire in Lebanon, and that he would have to take 鈥渞esponsibility鈥� for a regional escalation.

鈥淭he proposal that was made is a solid proposal,鈥� Macron said at a news conference in Montreal, specifying that the plan supported by the United States and the EU had been prepared with Netanyahu himself.