UN warns of catastrophe as Israel fights two-front war
13th October 2024
In an interview with AFP, Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the United Nations peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, said he feared an Israeli escalation against Hezbollah could soon spiral "into a regional conflict with catastrophic impact for everyone".
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People inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on the Mount Lebanon village of Maaysra, east of the coastal town of Byblos, on October 12, 2024. (AFP)
BEIRUT - UN peacekeepers in Lebanon warned Saturday against a "catastrophic" regional conflict as Israeli forces battled Hezbollah and Hamas militants on two fronts, on the holiest day