UN voices concern about Lebanon developments
Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric calls the developments in Lebanon extremely concerning, especially given the “extremely volatile” context. Dujarric also said the UN deplores any civilian casualties.
UN special coordinator denounces Lebanon attacks
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert says she deplores the attacks across Lebanon, warning they “marked an extremely concerning escalation”
Iran condemns ‘terrorist attack’ on Lebanon
Earlier, we reported that Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was slightly injured by the explosion of an electronic pager.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, in a phone call with his Lebanese counterpart, strongly condemned the “terrorist attack” and thanked Lebanon for providing immediate medical treatment to Amani, Iranian state media reported.
US says ‘not involved’ and ‘not aware’ of pager blasts
The United States says it wasn’t aware in advance and had no involvement in mass explosions of pagers that targeted the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.
“I can tell you that the US was not involved in it, the US was not aware of this incident in advance and, at this point, we’re gathering information,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.
Iran must avoid actions that further raise tensions after mass explosions, he added. “We would urge Iran not to take advantage of any incident to try to add further instability and to further increase tensions in the region,” Miller said.
And what about Israel taking advantage, over and over and over again? Fuck off Miller. This is all on you and your fake ceasefire efforts.
Senior Israeli officials meet after mass attack on Hezbollah devices
The explosion of thousands of communication devices in Lebanon has caused substantial damage to Hezbollah’s operational capabilities, a former Israeli military commander says.
“This is an opportunity to alter the current dynamics of the conflict with Hezbollah,” Israel’s Channel 14 quoted Yiftah Ron-Tal, a major general reserve in the Israeli army, as saying.
According to the Haaretz newspaper, senior Israeli officials are meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv for an “urgent” discussion on the possibility of Hezbollah launching a retaliatory attack.
“The officials were asked to present options for addressing the escalating security situation with Hezbollah in the north,” it said.
A police officer inspects a car in which a handheld pager exploded in Beirut
