UN Secretary-General António Guterres called to stop “playing with fire” along the Blue Line and to implement the UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
“I have serious concerns about daily exchanges of fire across the Blue Line,” Guterres said in a press conference on Monday. “This risks triggering a broader escalation between Israel and Lebanon and profoundly affecting regional stability. Tens of thousands of people in northern Israel and southern Lebanon have been displaced by the fighting and humanitarian access in Lebanon continues to be constrained,” Guterres added.
Expressing his “deep concern at what is happening,” Guterres called on both parties (Hezbollah and Israel) to “stop playing with fire across the Blue Line, de-escalate, and bring hostilities to an end in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1701.”
“We cannot see in Lebanon what we are seeing in Gaza. And we cannot allow what has been happening in Gaza to continue,” Guterres concluded.
