United Nations, Mar 26:
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not condemn Lebanon to the same fate as Gaza, the Palestinian territory devastated by years of conflict.
“The Gaza model must not be replicated in Lebanon,” Guterres told reporters, urging Hezbollah to stop launching attacks at Israel and an end to Israeli military operations in Lebanon, which he said are hitting civilians the hardest.
Antonio Guterres named veteran French diplomat Jean Arnault to be his personal envoy on the conflict in the West Asia, saying it was “out of control” and the “world is staring down the barrel of a wider war.”
Guterres told reporters he had been in close contact with many in the region and around the world and that a number of initiatives for dialogue and peace were underway