By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on Tuesday has called for calm after attacks on electronic pagers across Lebanon which killed at least 9 people, including children, and left thousands injured many critically.
According to international media reports the coordinated attacks reportedly targeted the Hezbollah militant group, with hundreds of electronic pagers belonged to its members blown up at the same time.
“The developments today mark an extremely concerning escalation in what is an already unacceptably volatile context,” Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert said in a statement.
She reminded in line with international law, all “concerned actors that civilians are not a target and must be protected at all times,” stressing that “even one civilian casualty is one too many.”
Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert said that the full impact of the attack is still unfolding.
She urged all concerned “to refrain from any further action, or bellicose rhetoric, which could trigger a wider conflagration that nobody can afford.”
Special coordinator underlined the urgency of restoring calm and called on all concerned actors to prioritize stability as paramount, because “too much is at stake to do anything less.”
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