A blue UN barrel is placed between a yellow flag of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah flying on the Lebanese side across the border from an Israeli military facility flying an Israeli flag in Kibbutz Baram in northern Israel on July 19, 2023. The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations implored its Security Council to help clamp down on Hezbollah’s repeated provocations along the Israeli-Lebanese border. PHOTO BY JALAA MAREY / GETTY IMAGES
The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations implored its Security Council to help clamp down on Hezbollah’s repeated provocations along the Israeli-Lebanese border.
“The Middle East is a powder keg on the cusp of being ignited” due to “Hezbollah’s violent escalations, blatant violations of Security Council resolutions and dangerous military advancements,” Gilad Erdan wrote late last week to the U.N. council.
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