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Madame President, Excellencies,
The raging fires in the Middle East are fast becoming an inferno.
One year since near-daily exchanges of fire commenced across the Blue Line, initiated by Hizbullah propelling rockets into Shab‘a Farms, in violation of the cessation of hostilities and Security Council resolution 1701 (2006).
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, this week visited shelters housing persons displaced from southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut following the sharp escalation of the conflict between Israel
Today, Israeli airstrikes hit the town of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, yet again. The Lebanese Ministry of Health has confirmed that five people have been killed in the attack, though this number may rise as rubble is cleared.
With each day that passes, the deadly cycle of violence in Lebanon expands, leaving ever more devastation and suffering in its wake.
Following the attacks overnight by the Israeli Defense Forces on targets in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by the continued escalation in the Middle East. All acts of escalation are condemnable and must stop.
Amid mounting devastation and humanitarian needs arising from the conflict between Hizbullah and Israel, United Nations Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert held meetings with local and international (political) actors as part of her diplomatic ef