A call for “maximum restraint” on the Israel-Lebanon border was addressed early today by the United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon and the commander of the blue helmets in the country. after the rocket launch that killed children and teenagers in the Golan Heights yesterday, Saturday, an event that further increases tension in the region.
The attack on a football pitch in a Druze village in the Golan Heights resulted in the death of 12 people, among them children. Israel blamed the Lebanese movement Hezbollah for the launch. The movement denied responsibility.
In a joint statement via X, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Janine Hennis-Plaschert and Harold Latharo, head of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, warn that a further escalation of hostilities between the Israeli military and Hezbollah threatens to cause “unbelievable devastation across the region.”