UN envoy for Lebanon urges restraint on all sides amid ‘deeply concerning’ exchange of fire

The United Nations envoy for Lebanon calls for restraint by all sides after rockets were launched at northern Israel, prompting fresh airstrikes in southern Lebanon.

“Today’s exchange of fire across the Blue Line, the second such incident in less than a week, is deeply concerning,” Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert says in a statement, four months into a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

“A return to wider conflict in Lebanon would be devastating for civilians on both sides of the Blue Line and must be avoided at all costs. Restraint from all parties is therefore critically needed.”

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