Israeli emergency and security personnel deploy at the impact site of a reported rocket fired from Lebanon, on the Horeshim interchange in central Israel on October 1, 2024.  Air raid sirens sounded in central Israel on October 1 and an AFP journalist heard explosions in the city of Tel Aviv, with the military saying projectiles had been fired from Lebanon. Police said one projectile hit a road near the central town of Kfar Kassen, wounding a man who was struck by shrapnel and treated by emergency services. (AFP)

UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday for an end to the “sickening cycle of escalation” in the Middle East, where conflict rages between Israel, Iran and its allies, Hezbollah and Hamas.

“It is high time to stop the sickening cycle of escalation after escalation that is leading the people of the Middle East straight over the cliff,” the UN chief told an emergency Security Council meeting. “This deadly cycle of tit-for-tat violence must stop.”

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