"Lebanon Cannot Become Another Gaza"- Here's What The UN Warns About

Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary General expressed his concerns on Friday over the increasing heat between Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel. He further expressed how the U.N. peacekeepers are working hard to bring peace and calm the situation.

"One rash move - one miscalculation - could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the border, and frankly, beyond imagination," the man expressed. He further expressed his concern through a statement saying that the world and the people of the region can't afford Lebanon to turn into  Gaza.

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Hezbollah, backed by Iran has been incessant n firing rockets at Israel with Hamas ever since the war in Gaza took birth in October. Such a condition has forced thousands to flee houses in Israel. Political pressure, on the other hand is aiming for stricter action.

The Israeli strikes have caused thousands of people to flee their homes.

Here's what the Iran's mission to the United Nations says on the platform X, formerly Twitter.

Any imprudent decision by the occupying Israeli regime to save itself could plunge the region into a new war, the consequence of which would be the destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure as well as that of the 1948 occupied territories. Undoubtedly, this war will have one…

— I.R.IRAN Mission to UN, NY (@Iran_UN) June 21, 2024

Iran's mission to the UN expressed recently that Hezbollah holds the ability to defend Lebanon and itself against Israel. 

UNIFIL, a UN peacekeeping force and UNTSO, the unarmed technical observers have actually been deployed in the southern Lebanon for a long time in order to monitor hostilities. They have been stationed along the demarcation between Israel and Lebanon. This demarcation line is called as the Blue Line.

Guterres expressed that the UN peacekeepers are actually on the ground, working to reduce the tensions and aid in preventing any miscalculation. "The world must say loudly and clearly: immediate de-escalation is not only possible – it is essential," the man further explained. There isn't any military solution.

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