UN chief calls strikes on Beirut, Tehran 'dangerous escalation'
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New York: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday denounced strikes on Beirut and Tehran as a dangerous escalation, after Israel targeted...
New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday denounced strikes on Beirut and Tehran as a "dangerous escalation," after Israel targeted a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas said its political chief was killed in Iran.
"The scretary-general believes that the attacks we have seen in South Beirut and Tehran represent a dangerous escalation at a moment in which all efforts should instead be leading to a ceasefire in Gaza" and "the release of all Israeli hostages," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
US says strikes on Tehran, Beirut 'don't help' tensions
An Israeli strike that killed a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Tehran "don't help" regional tensions but there are no signs of an imminent wider conflict, the White House said on Wednesday.
"These reports over the last 24, 48 hours certainly don't help with the temperature going down," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters when asked about the attacks.