France, March 6 -- "Everything must be done to prevent this country, so close to France, from once again being drawn into war," Macron said on Thursday in a post on X.

"At this moment of great danger, I call on the Israeli prime minister not to expand the war to Lebanon. I call on Iranian leaders not to further draw Lebanon into a war that is not its own," the French leader added.

Macron's comments followed a request by Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun for the French president to intervene to "prevent the targeting of the southern suburbs following threats by the Israeli army against its residents," the Lebanese presidency said in a separate statement.

Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Beirut on Thursday, having ordered hund...