Stéphane Dujarric said, "The Secretary-General is extremely concerned by reports that a large number of communications devices exploded in Lebanon as well as Syria on 17 and 18 September, killing at least eleven people, including children, and injuring thousands. Went." the spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.
Dujarric said the UN chief urged all parties concerned to exercise maximum restraint to prevent any further escalation, and called on parties to recommit to the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) and stability. Urged to immediately end hostilities to restore order. The news agency reported.
"The United Nations supports all diplomatic and political efforts to end the violence that threatens to spill over into the region," the spokesperson said.
Blasts targeting pagers and handheld radios killed at least 26 people, including two children, and injured more than 3,200 others across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, Lebanese officials said.
In Lebanon's neighbor Syria, 14 Hezbollah fighters were wounded when their communications equipment exploded in the capital, Damascus, according to the war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Dujarric said the UN chief urged all parties concerned to exercise maximum restraint to prevent any further escalation, and called on parties to recommit to the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) and stability. Urged to immediately end hostilities to restore order. The news agency reported.
"The United Nations supports all diplomatic and political efforts to end the violence that threatens to spill over into the region," the spokesperson said.
Blasts targeting pagers and handheld radios killed at least 26 people, including two children, and injured more than 3,200 others across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, Lebanese officials said.
In Lebanon's neighbor Syria, 14 Hezbollah fighters were wounded when their communications equipment exploded in the capital, Damascus, according to the war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.