{"id":1059,"date":"2025-06-17T06:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefridaynews.com\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:57:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:57:48","slug":"g7-calls-for-gaza-ceasefire-iran-israel-calm-as-trump-walks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefridaynews.com\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"G7 Calls for Gaza Ceasefire, Iran-Israel Calm as Trump Walks Out&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G7 leaders on Monday called for \u201cde-escalation\u201d in the Middle East, starting with the Israel-Iran conflict and leading to a Gaza ceasefire, as US President Donald Trump hastily left the group\u2019s summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After months of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1917469\/fact-check-trump-netanyahu-viral-comments-about-pakistan-on-iran-israel-clash-are-fake\">attacking<\/a>&nbsp;Gaza \u2014 flattening homes, targeting hospitals, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1912795\">starving<\/a>&nbsp;a besieged population \u2014 Israel expanded its assault by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1916899\">launching<\/a>&nbsp;wide-scale air strikes against Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities, military sites and private residences last week, killing top&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1917041\/irans-state-tv-says-heavy-and-destructive-attacks-against-israel-expected-within-hours#:~:text=New%20military%20brass%20appointed%20after%20commanders%20killed\">commanders, scientists and civilians.<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli officials have claimed the strikes are part of a broader operation codenamed \u2018Rising Lion\u2019 to deter Tehran\u2019s nuclear ambitions, which the latter has consistently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1722538#:~:text=Iran%20has%20always%20denied%20any%20ambition%20to%20develop%20an%20atomic%20bomb\">denied<\/a>, saying its uranium enrichment programme is for civilian purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza,\u201d said the G7&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/statements\/2025\/06\/16\/g7-leaders-statement-on-recent-developments-between-israel-and-iran\">joint statement<\/a>&nbsp;released by Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement said that Israel \u201chas a right to defend itself\u201d and stressed \u201cthe importance of the protection of civilians,\u201d as the growing attacks kill civilians on both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leaders of the club of industrial democracies \u2014 Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States \u2014 stated their conviction that Iran \u201ccan never have a nuclear weapon\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump told reporters before his decision was announced to leave early due to the Middle East situation: \u201cAs soon as I leave here, we\u2019re going to be doing something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later stated that his early departure from the summit had \u201cnothing to do with\u201d working on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, refuting comments by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said the US president made a ceasefire proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macron \u201cmistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a \u2018ceasefire\u2019 between Israel and Iran\u201d, Trump&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114696999897040583\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;on his Truth Social platform as he left the moot to return to Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a ceasefire. 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