00:00Australia firmly believes that Lebanon should be included in the temporary ceasefire deal.
00:05The US and Iran on Tuesday agreed to pause their sprawling conflict for two weeks,
00:10but Israel and the United States both said the pause did not cover Lebanon.
00:18That this is an important step forward.
00:22Of course, it is a fragile piece, but we want it to lead to an agreement.
00:26The Australian government also firmly believes that this has to apply to Lebanon as well.
00:33We want to see peace in this region and it will make a difference.
00:38And I know that many Australians are concerned about the events that are occurring in Lebanon.
00:45This is a matter of not just the impact there, but the impact that it's having right around the world.
00:53So yesterday was an important agreement we want to see it pursued.
01:00But the pressures, of course, as we have said, an end to the conflict,
01:05even if it is a permanent end of the conflict that we want to see,
01:09doesn't mean that the Straits of Hormuz are automatically reopened and that it's back to business as usual.
01:17This will have a long tail.
01:19Lebanon's civil defence service said 254 people had been killed in Israel's strike across the country on Wednesday.
01:26The highest toll was in the capital, Beirut, where Israeli strikes killed 91 people.
01:32Residents said some of the Israeli strikes had come without the usual warnings for civilians to evacuate.
01:38Beirut, where Israeli strikes killed in Israel's strike across the country.
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