{"id":8323,"date":"2024-09-24T11:25:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=8323"},"modified":"2026-09-04T03:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:45:09","slug":"eu-warns-of-full-scale-war-in-the-middle-east-due-to-israeli-aggression-on-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=8323","title":{"rendered":"EU Warns of &#8220;Full-Scale War&#8221; in the Middle East Due to Israeli Aggression on Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York \u2013 Josep Borrell, the European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief, issued a stark warning on Monday, stating that Israeli aggression against Lebanon threatens to plunge the entire <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=67186\">Middle East<\/a> into a &#8220;full-scale war.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking ahead of a meeting with G7 representatives in New York on the sidelines of the <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations<\/a> General Assembly, Borrell said, &#8220;We are on the brink of a full-scale war.&#8221; He reiterated calls for a ceasefire, emphasizing the urgency of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Borrell expressed deep concern over the suffering of Lebanese civilians, describing the toll as &#8220;intolerable and unacceptable.&#8221; He stressed that &#8220;this is the time to act; everyone must do whatever they can to stop what is happening,&#8221; while acknowledging the failure of diplomatic efforts so far to halt the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Israeli warplanes launched hundreds of airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, resulting in 492 deaths, including 35 <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">children<\/a> and 58 <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=49\">women<\/a>, and leaving 1,645 injured, according to Lebanon\u2019s Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For further information, visit <strong>dzwatch.dz<\/strong>.<br>Author: Nor-Eleslam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York \u2013 Josep Borrell, the European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief, issued a stark warning on Monday, stating that Israeli aggression against Lebanon threatens to plunge the entire Middle East into a &#8220;full-scale war.&#8221; Speaking ahead of a meeting with G7 representatives in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Borrell &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72431,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8323\/revisions\/72431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}