Iran's attack on Israel has Middle East on the 'brink', warns UN chief | BBC News

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Published 2024-04-15
It's time to "step back from the brink", UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said, after Iran's attack on Israel.

Iran launched more than 300 projectiles at Israel on Saturday, in what it said was retaliation to an earlier strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

It’s unclear how Israel plans to respond, but war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said it will "exact a price" for Iran's attack when the timing is right.

Mr Guterres told the UN security council that people in the Middle East face the danger of a devastating full-scale conflict, while UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said now is the time to de-escalate.

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All Comments (21)
  • @garethdelux9266
    Where was the UN condemnation of Israel's attack on Iran's consulate in Syria ?
  • @hamizkhan841
    Well Israel's attack on Iranian embassy was also unprecedented
  • @Joel-tm3yj
    I didnt see BBC call the bombing of Iran's embassy "unprecedented"
  • @BuffNy
    Hypocrisy, hypocrites all of them!!!
  • Fix your stupid title bbc, It should be “Iran’s response to Israel’s embassy attack, UN responds “Iran has a right to retaliate”
  • @windymiller6908
    "We are not a frog in boiling water"...."we are a nation of liars" I admire an honest man.
  • Why didn't she explain why Israel bombed an Iranian embassy on another country altogether? Is that an attack? So is what Iran doing self-defence?
  • Did he say "we are nation of liars"? I couldn't agree more 😂
  • @aye3678
    Israel attacked, and Iran responds.
  • @user-yf8hy2ug6z
    Where were the UN before the attack ?? Why the security council did not convene before the attack to try to stop it ? NOW they are calling for calm ??
  • @TryDiy
    People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
  • @alexlazar4738
    Did every media outlet and social media get the memo to use the word "unprecedented."?
  • I love the comments here. People are not stupid. They see the truth. Gives me hope.
  • @drake128
    Replace attack with retaliation and your title is fixed . Just need to then report on the facts and not seem 1 sided .. but whatever .