French President Emmanuel Macron held phone calls with top political and military leaders from Lebanon as well as a separate call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging restraint after a wave of explosions of pagers and radio devices.

French President Emmanuel Macron urged restraint in the Middle East after a series of deadly explosions in Lebanon involving pager devices. Macron held separate calls with Lebanese political and military leaders, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to prevent further escalation amid rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Lebanese political and military leaders to exercise restraint following recent explosions of pagers and radio devices. Macron requested that Lebanese leaders convey messages to local groups,