Wed 18 Sep, 2024 {HMC} Some fresh reaction to bring you now. Antonio Guterres is “deeply alarmed” by reports of exploding communication devices in Lebanon and Syria, the UN secretary general’s spokesperson says.
“The secretary general urges all concerned actors to exercise maximum restraint to avert any further escalation,” Stéphane Dujarric adds, noting that Guterres is calling for an immediate “return to a cessation of hostilities to restore stability”.
He was himself speaking to reporters earlier today – around the time the first reports came through of fresh explosions in Lebanon – and he warned then that the pager blasts indicate there is a “serious risk of a dramatic escalation in Lebanon”.
“The logic of making all these devices explode is to do it as a pre-emptive strike before a major military operation,” Guterres said.
SOURCE BBC
