UN chief says he’s ‘gravely concerned’ over Israeli strikes in Beirut

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations on September 27, 2024 in New York. (Bryan R. SMITH / AFP)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations on September 27, 2024 in New York. (Bryan R. SMITH / AFP)

UNITED NATIONS — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he was “gravely concerned” by the “dramatic escalation” seen in Lebanon in the past day as Israel targets Hezbollah in the capital Beirut.

“The secretary-general is gravely concerned by the dramatic escalation of events in Beirut in the last 24 hours,” he says following Hezbollah’s announcement its leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed.

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