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If diplomacy fails, Israel will use all means in Lebanon, UN envoy says
Israel would prefer a diplomatic solution in Lebanon, the country's envoy to the United Nations Danny Danon said on Wednesday, but added that if diplomacy fails Israel would use all means at its disposal.
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UNSC must call for Israel, Hezbollah to step back from all-out war — Guterres says
The United Nations Security Council must demand that Israel and Hezbollah step back from an all-out war, UN Secretary-General Antonino Guterres told the 15-member body, which held an emergency meeting on the situation on Wednesday night.
Go to the full article >>Macron: We cannot have a war in Lebanon
He also called on Hezbollah “to cease its missile launches to Israel. We urge all of those who provide them with the means to do so, to stop doing so.”
Israel and Hezbollah must halt their fire so that a third Lebanon war can be prevented, French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN General Assembly during its high-level debate on Wednesday.
Go to the full article >>'The spider at the center of this web of violence': Danon criticizes Iran over Hezbollah escalation
Danon spoke as the UNSC met to discuss the escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, which the international community fears is about to escalate into a third Israeli-Lebanon war.
Iran is fighting a war against humanity and is holding the Lebanese hostage through its proxy group Hezbollah, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon told the UN Security Council as he defended Israel’s military actions in Lebanon.
Go to the full article >>Israel-Hamas War: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
- Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 101 hostages remain in Gaza
- 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says