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Statement of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

Beirut, Lebanon

1 October 2024

 

What we feared has materialized. With strikes throughout Lebanon, including in the heart of Beirut, and incursions across the Blue Line, violence is spiraling to dangerous heights.

Every rocket and missile fired, every bomb dropped and every ground raid conducted pull the parties further from the ⁠vision set out in Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) and the conditions needed for the safe return of civilians on...