A chorus of global officials denounced the attacks Thursday and demanded Lebanon be included in the ceasefire. “That escalation that we saw from Israel yesterday was deeply damaging, and we want to see an end to hostilities,” British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told Times Radio. FORSUBSCRIBERS Trump sets and delays another deadline for Iran with ceasefire 01:56 It is “hard to argue” the strikes were carried out in self-defense, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on X, while French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the attacks were “intolerable” and stressed that “Lebanon must absolutely be covered by this truce.” Iranian officials have insisted that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire agreed to by Washington and Tehran, noting that Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Shari, a lead mediator, explicitly stated that Lebanon was included in the truce. A man stands Thursday next to an apartment building in Beirut that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike Wednesday.Emilio Morenatti / AP “There is no room for denial and backtracking,” parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said. Continued attacks …