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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
UN chief says strikes in Beirut and Tehran are ‘dangerous escalation’
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres speaks with the media as he arrives for a EU Summit in Brussels, March 21, 2024. (AP/Omar Havana)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounces strikes on Beirut and Tehran as a “dangerous escalation,” after Israel targeted a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas said its political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran.
“The Secretary-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 says in a statement.
