“We are almost on the brink of total war,” Josep Borrell warned.
Europe’s chief of diplomacy, Josep Borrell, warned Monday that the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah threatened to plunge the Middle East into conflict. “total war”.
“I can say that we are almost on the brink of an all-out war”said the diplomat who was supposed to attend a meeting of G7 nations on the eve of the opening of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York.
The European Union’s top representative called for a ceasefire along the “blue line” between northern Israel and southern Lebanon where Hezbollah is based. Since 2000, the UN “blue line” has separated Lebanon’s armed forces from Israel’s.
Mr Borrell denounced the fact that civilians “paying an intolerable and unacceptable price”as in the Gaza Strip, which has been hit by nearly a year of war between Israel and Hamas.
“It’s time to do something.” Everyone needs to do everything they can to stop this.”he said, acknowledging the failure of diplomatic efforts so far to stop the war in Gaza.
