In addition to endorsing a combined US-French plan for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a warning that the area might be dragged into a “abyss” by the fallout from Israel’s Gaza conflict.
“I fully support the proposal for a temporary ceasefire — allowing for the delivery of humanitarian relief and paving the way for the resumption of serious negotiations for a durable peace,” Secretary-General Guterres told the United Nations Security Council.
“Shockwaves radiating from the unprecedented death and destruction in Gaza now threaten to push the entire region into the abyss.”
