Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Raggi wrote on his X account:
With deep pain and profound concern, I followed the ongoing Israeli attacks on the historic city of Tyre, which targeted its ancient historical neighborhoods, churches, mosques, and heritage landmarks that have withstood for thousands of years.
I have begun a series of intensive diplomatic contacts to call for an immediate halt to these attacks and to raise my voice in defense of a human and cultural heritage that does not belong to Lebanon alone, but to the conscience of the entire world.