‘Unimaginable consequences’: World reacts to Israel’s strikes on Lebanon
Al Jazeera
Israel launches more attacks as Lebanon reels from air strikes that killed close to 500 people, including children.
World leaders are sounding the alarm about a “full-fledged” war, calling for de-escalation after devastating Israeli air strikes in Lebanon ratcheted regional tensions amid Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza.
The attacks, which started on Monday and continued into Tuesday, were Israel’s fiercest against its northern neighbour and have led to Lebanon’s highest single-day death toll since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.
On Tuesday, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said the Israeli strikes killed 558 people, including 50 children and 94 women. Health Minister Firass Abiad told a press conference in Beirut that at least 1,835 people were wounded, and 54 hospitals are treating patients.
Here are some reactions:
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “gravely alarmed by the escalating situation along the Blue Line”, referring to the demarcation line dividing Lebanon from Israel and the occupied Golan Heights, as well as “the large number of civilian casualties”.
