“While we wait for more clarity on the situation, We once again call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and urge all those involved to avoid any further escalation.,” UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said. a note to reporters That night.
He called on all parties to comply with their obligations under international law; urgently commit to full implementation. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701was passed in response to the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, and immediately returned to a ceasefire.
The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, also called for “calm to prevail” in the statement expressed deep concern about the airstrikes, noting that they occurred in the capital’s densely populated southern suburbs.
She stressed that “there is no military solution” and called on both Israel and Lebanon to “utilize all diplomatic avenues to pursue a ceasefire and recommit to implementing resolution 1701 (2006)”.
The airstrikes follow a deadly rocket attack on a football stadium in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Syria on Saturday, which killed twelve civilians, mostly children and teenagers.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and other senior officials condemn the attack.
