UN chief warns Israel, Hezbollah of risk of wider war
After months of escalating violence along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, the United Nations chief warned Friday that "the risk of widening conflict in the Middle East is real – and should be avoided. »
Speaking to reporters in New York, the head of government, Secretary-General António Guterres, said that “a thoughtless gesture” by Israel or Iran-backed Hezbollah, Lebanese group targeting Israel in alliance with Hamas fighters in Gaza could trigger a 'catastrophe that goes far beyond the border and, frankly, beyond imagination' .
World leaders have tried for months to ease tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, trying to prevent a full-fledged war. But instead of easing the conflict, strikes and counterattacks across the border have become more intense - and the rhetoric from leaders on both sides has only become more bellicose in recent days, prompting Mr. Guterres to express what he called "deep concern" that war would break out.
“Many lives have already been lost, tens of thousands of People have been displaced and homes and livelihoods have been destroyed,” Mr. Guterres said. . He added that “the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford for Lebanon to become another Gaza.”
Since Hezbollah began exchanging fire with Israeli forces following the assault by Hamas against Israel on October 7, more than 100 civilians in Israel and Lebanon were killed, and more than 150,000 people were displaced from their homes. The exchanges also sparked wildfires on both sides of the border.
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After months of escalating violence along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, the United Nations chief warned Friday that "the risk of widening conflict in the Middle East is real – and should be avoided. »
Speaking to reporters in New York, the head of government, Secretary-General António Guterres, said that “a thoughtless gesture” by Israel or Iran-backed Hezbollah, Lebanese group targeting Israel in alliance with Hamas fighters in Gaza could trigger a 'catastrophe that goes far beyond the border and, frankly, beyond imagination' .
World leaders have tried for months to ease tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, trying to prevent a full-fledged war. But instead of easing the conflict, strikes and counterattacks across the border have become more intense - and the rhetoric from leaders on both sides has only become more bellicose in recent days, prompting Mr. Guterres to express what he called "deep concern" that war would break out.
“Many lives have already been lost, tens of thousands of People have been displaced and homes and livelihoods have been destroyed,” Mr. Guterres said. . He added that “the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford for Lebanon to become another Gaza.”
Since Hezbollah began exchanging fire with Israeli forces following the assault by Hamas against Israel on October 7, more than 100 civilians in Israel and Lebanon were killed, and more than 150,000 people were displaced from their homes. The exchanges also sparked wildfires on both sides of the border.
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