{"id":2951,"date":"2026-04-09T07:50:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2026-04-09T07:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:50:05","slug":"un-chief-warns-israeli-strikes-in-lebanon-threaten-fragile-us-iran-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=2951","title":{"rendered":"UN chief warns Israeli strikes in Lebanon threaten fragile US-Iran truce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations secretary-general on Wednesday warned that deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon posed a \u201cgrave risk\u201d to the fragile US-Iran truce, his spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe ongoing military activity in Lebanon poses a grave risk to the ceasefire and the efforts toward a lasting and comprehensive peace in the region. The Secretary-General reiterates his call to all parties to immediately cease hostilities,\u201d UN chief Antonio Guterres\u2019s spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lebanese health ministry reported that 182 people were killed and 890 wounded by Israeli strikes on Wednesday, with capital Beirut hit by the most violent bombardment yet since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanon was pulled into the war after the Tehran-backed militant group targeted Israel in retaliation for the US-Israel war against Iran.While Iran and the United States agreed to a two-week ceasefire late on Tuesday, Israel insisted that Lebanon was not part of the truce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hezbollah responded by saying it had fired rockets towards Israel, and Iran\u2019s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appeared to threaten the ceasefire.\u201cThe Secretary-General strongly condemns the loss of civilian lives and is deeply alarmed by the mounting toll on civilians,\u201d the UN spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no military solution to the conflict. The Secretary-General continues to call on all sides to avail themselves of diplomatic channels,\u201d he added.The UN rights chief and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) earlier condemned the \u201cscale of killing and destruction in Lebanon\u201d as \u201cnothing short of horrific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSuch carnage, within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief,\u201d said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. French President Emmanual Macron also joined calls for Lebanon to be included in the ceasefire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations secretary-general on Wednesday warned that deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon posed a \u201cgrave risk\u201d to the fragile US-Iran truce, his spokesperson said in a statement.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[765,165],"class_list":["post-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-middle-east-tensions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UN chief warns Israeli strikes in Lebanon threaten fragile US-Iran truce - World Watch Alert<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=2951\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UN chief warns Israeli strikes in Lebanon threaten fragile US-Iran truce - 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