Press Release

Joint Statement of UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Lt. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro

27 July 2024

We deplore the death of civilians - young children and teenagers - in Majdal Shams. Civilians must be protected at all times.

We urge the parties to exercise maximum restraint and to put a stop to the ongoing intensified exchanges of fire. It could ignite a wider conflagration that would engulf the entire region in a catastrophe beyond belief.

UNIFIL and UNSCOL are in contact with both Lebanon and Israel.

UN entities involved in this initiative

UNIFIL

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

UNSCOL

Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon

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