All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres

The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants, as Israel launched what it described as a “limited” ground incursion into Southern Lebanon. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155196
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All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres
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Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal as ‘limited’ ground invasion reportedly begins

Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal as ‘limited’ ground invasion reportedly begins

01 Oct 2024

UN humanitarians launched a $426 million appeal for Lebanon on Tuesday to support one million people uprooted by widespread Israeli shelling amid what Israel has described as a “limited, localised and targeted” ground operation into Lebanon, across the UN-patrolled line of separation.

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Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’

Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’

03 Oct 2024

People in Lebanon uprooted by Israeli airstrikes including in central Beirut have described being forced to flee “total destruction”, amid fresh reports of Hezbollah projectile attacks into Israel and close-quarter clashes along the UN-patrolled line of separation between the two countries.

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Guterres urges Security Council to act over Israel-Palestine crisis as threat to international peace and security

Guterres urges Security Council to act over Israel-Palestine crisis as threat to international peace and security

06 Dec 2023

Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and unite in a call for a full humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants.