UN chief calls strikes on Beirut and Tehran ‘dangerous escalation’

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Demonstrators wave flags during a protest on July 31, 2024 in Beirut’s Burj Al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees, denouncing the killing of the leader of the militant Hamas group. (AFP)
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  • “Efforts should instead be leading to a ceasefire in Gaza” and “the release of all Israeli hostages,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric said

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday denounced strikes on Beirut and Tehran as a “dangerous escalation,” after Israel targeted a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas said its political chief was killed in Iran.
“The Secretary-General believes that the attacks we have seen in South Beirut and Tehran represent a dangerous escalation at a moment in which all efforts should instead be leading to a ceasefire in Gaza” and “the release of all Israeli hostages,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

Topics: War on Gaza Beirut Hezbollah Iran UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Israel