The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting after a set of airstrikes hours apart killed two top terror group officials in the Middle East, raising concerns that a regional war could erupt.
The killings of Hamas’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Iran and of a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon have stirred a diplomatic scramble at the UN and elsewhere to try to contain the complex, mounting tensions.
“The various attacks over the past few days represent a serious and dangerous escalation,” UN Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo says as the council meeting begins. She calls for diplomatic efforts “to change the trajectory and seek a path toward regional peace and stability.”
It appears unlikely that the Security Council can coalesce around any joint message on the airstrikes. The United States, a key ally of Israel, and Russia, which has close ties with Iran, are both council members with veto power.
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