BEIRUT/JERUSALEM -- Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Sunday that Lebanon is open to a peace agreement with Israel once its demands are met, stressing that Beirut currently focuses on "stopping hostilities and ending the war".
In an interview with Al-Arabiya, Salam said ongoing negotiations with Israel include Lebanon's demand for "a clear agenda for Israeli withdrawal". He added that Lebanon "did not choose the war, but was dragged into the confrontation between Iran and the United States".
"The majority of Lebanese support negotiations to stop the war," he said.
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Salam added that the southern Lebanese city of Bint Jbeil "has become a copy of Gaza" due to extensive destruction, noting that 86 Lebanese villages are under Israeli occupation as tensions continue to escalate in southern Lebanon.
His remarks came despite a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that took effect last month following weeks of cross-border fighting tied to broader regional tensions triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
Israel says it killed over 30 militants over the past week
Israel's military said on Sunday that it killed more than 30 militants in Lebanon over the past week.
In a statement, the military said Israeli forces struck about 70 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon.
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Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli Air Force intercepted several rockets launched toward soldiers in southern Lebanon, the military said.
It added that it "will continue to operate against threats directed at Israeli civilians and soldiers".
Meanwhile, Lebanon's Health Ministry said two paramedics were killed and five others wounded on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes targeting medical response centers in southern Lebanon.
Israeli strikes on S. Lebanon
Also on Sunday, four people were killed and 19 others wounded in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah announced attacks targeting Israeli troops and military equipment along the border.
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The Lebanese Health Ministry's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said an Israeli strike on a town in the Tyre district killed one person and wounded 13 others, including six children and two women.
In a separate incident, an Israeli drone strike targeted an area in Jezzine, killing one person and wounding another, it said.
It said two paramedics were killed and five others wounded in Israeli airstrikes targeting medical response centers affiliated with the Islamic Health Organization in two towns in the Bint Jbeil district.
It added that the cumulative toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 has risen to 2,846 deaths and 8,693 injuries.
