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"they should be ashamed of it."

according to french and israeli media reports, in response to french president macron’s call for an arms embargo on israel, israeli prime minister netanyahu issued a video statement through his office on the evening of october 5, saying: “today, israel is fighting on seven fronts. defend yourself against the 'enemies of civilization'. all 'civilized nations' should stand firmly by israel's side as it fights the 'barbaric forces' led by iran, however, french president emmanuel macron and other western leaders are calling for it. an arms embargo is imposed on israel.”

netanyahu said that the "mastermind" behind these seven fronts is iran. the jerusalem post reported that netanyahu accused macron and other countries of calling for an arms embargo against israel of "hypocrisy", believing that these countries are seeking to limit israel's ability to defend itself.

"does iran have an arms embargo on hezbollah, the houthis in yemen, hamas and other proxies? of course not," he asked.

netanyahu also said: "this 'axis of terror' is collaborating, but countries that should be opposed to this 'axis of terror' demand an arms embargo on israel. how shameful!"

netanyahu also urged “international solidarity with israel,” describing the conflict as a “global war against extremism,” the jerusalem post reported.

but netanyahu also believes that israel will prevail even without the support of these countries. he said that israel will continue to fight until victory, "not only for our interests, but also for the peace and security of the world."

according to the latest news from agence france-presse, the elysee palace, the french presidential palace, responded immediately to netanyahu’s remarks on the evening of the 5th. the elysee palace stated in a statement that france has always been a friend of israel. the elysée palace expressed regret for netanyahu's "excessive rhetoric" but said his remarks had "nothing to do with the friendship between france and israel."

earlier on the 5th, demonstrations "in solidarity with the palestinian and lebanese people" broke out in many cities in france. french president macron called for an "immediate and lasting" ceasefire in lebanon in a special program on french radio for the "francophone summit" that day, emphasizing that "the lebanese people cannot become victims, and lebanon cannot become the new gaza."

macron said: "i believe that the top priority now is to return to the track of a political solution and stop the delivery of weapons to israel for fighting in gaza." he added: "france does not provide weapons."

"we are not being listened to," he said in calling for a ceasefire. macron stressed: "i say again to prime minister netanyahu that i think this (the deterioration of the situation) is a mistake, also for israel's security tomorrow."

macron added: "we can see this clearly in public opinion, and we can see it even more clearly in public opinion in the middle east. basically, hatred is growing and is being fueled day by day." .

later in the day, at the closing ceremony of the francophone summit in paris, macron said: "i don't think that those who provide them with weapons can continue to provide them with weapons while calling for a ceasefire every day."

he also announced that 88 french-speaking countries unanimously called for a ceasefire in lebanon.

macron said france would host an international conference later this month to provide humanitarian aid to lebanon.

reuters reported that macron's remarks came as french foreign minister jean-noel barrow was on a four-day visit to the middle east. as the last stop of his visit, he will go to israel on october 7, the first anniversary of the palestinian-israeli conflict. france hopes to play a role in resuming diplomatic efforts for all parties.

according to reports, france is not israel’s main arms supplier. last year, france shipped military equipment worth 30 million euros (approximately 230 million yuan) to israel.

israel's haaretz newspaper reported that the british, german and canadian governments also recently announced that they would suspend arms exports to israel.

britain suspended more than 30 of 350 contracts for arms exports to israel in september. the review concluded that the weapons were "likely" to be used by israel in its conflict with hamas in gaza, thereby violating international humanitarian law.

canadian foreign minister jolly announced that canada will stop shipping weapons to israel, and the canadian house of representatives also approved a related bill.

however, apart from suspending bomb shipments to israel in may, us president joe biden has so far refused to use measures to restrict arms exports to israel. the united states provides israel with approximately us$3 billion (approximately 21 billion yuan) in weapons every year.

after weeks of intense bombardment against hezbollah in lebanon, israel launched a ground offensive in southern lebanon on october 1. the area is one of hezbollah's main strongholds. according to israel, 440 hezbollah fighters have been killed since the 1st.

on the front line of the battle between the israeli army and hezbollah in lebanon, israeli chief of staff halevi reiterated that the israeli army will "relentlessly" attack the pro-iranian hezbollah organization.

agence france-presse reported that netanyahu said in a televised speech on the 5th that the israeli army had successfully destroyed most of the missile and rocket arsenals accumulated by hezbollah in lebanon over the years. he added: "we have changed the course of the war."

in addition, israel announced on the 5th that in order to prevent attacks from occurring, as the anniversary of the hamas attack on october 7 approaches, israeli forces are on high alert and are also preparing to respond to iranian missile attacks.

on the same day, the israeli army once again called on residents of beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate.

france 24 reported that the lebanese authorities said that as israel continues to carry out air strikes across lebanon, approximately 374,000 people have fled from lebanon to syria in recent days.

nearly 2,000 people have been killed in lebanon since october 7 last year, including 1,000 last week.

in addition, on october 5, local time, the health department of the gaza strip issued a statement stating that in the past 24 hours, three military operations carried out by the israeli army in the gaza strip resulted in a total of 23 deaths and 66 injuries. since a new round of palestinian-israeli conflict broke out on october 7 last year, israeli military operations in the gaza strip have resulted in 41,825 palestinian deaths and 96,910 injuries.

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