UN chief calls Middle East crisis ‘nightmare’ amid push for Lebanon ceasefire

Antonio Guterres says violence puts region at risk as Hezbollah and Israel seem unwilling to dial down fighting

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The UN secretary general has told world leaders that Lebanon is on the brink of becoming a second Gaza, adding the crisis has become a non-stop nightmare that threatens to take the whole region down".

Antonio Guterres made his warning as diplomats meeting in New York for the UN general assembly battled to impose a ceasefire in Lebanon and to hold Israel back from a ground invasion.