UN coordinator for Lebanon calls for talks with Israel

AFP , Saturday 7 Mar 2026

The United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon on Saturday urged Lebanon and Israel to enter talks to negotiate an end to hostilities after the outbreak of a renewed Israel-Hezbollah war.

People inspecting the destruction at Nabi Sheet town after an Israeli military operation in the Beka
People inspecting the destruction at Nabi Sheet town after an Israeli military operation in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. AFP

 

"As bad as things are today, they are set to get even worse," Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said.

"Talks between Lebanon and Israel can be the game changer needed to save future generations from going, time and again, through the same nightmare".

In December, Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives engaged in their first direct talks in decades as part of a meeting of a committee monitoring the November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

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