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xinhua news agency, united nations, september 20 (reporter pan yunzhao) the un security council held an emergency meeting on the 20th to discuss the latest situation in lebanon. delegates at the meeting warned that the recent attacks in lebanon marked a "new development" in the war and called on all parties to immediately stop hostilities.

un under-secretary-general dicarlo said in a briefing to the security council that hostilities have occurred almost every day near the "blue line" border between israel and lebanon over the past year, and recent developments are worrying. dicarlo called on the relevant parties to immediately cease fire, immediately and unconditionally release all detained persons, and massively increase humanitarian assistance to the gaza strip.

un high commissioner for human rights, alain turk, said the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies across lebanon were shocking. these attacks represent a "new development" in the war. attacking thousands of people without knowing who holds the target equipment is a violation of international human rights law. turk said the development of the situation in lebanon is closely related to the conflict in gaza and israel's continued occupation of palestinian territory, and he urged israel and hezbollah in lebanon to immediately cease hostilities.

lebanese foreign minister habib accused israel of launching the attack, saying it violated the basic principles of international humanitarian law and called on the security council to condemn "this terrorist attack."

syria's un ambassador qusay dahak, speaking on behalf of the arab group, said the recent attacks were in total disregard of international law. the arab group called on the security council to condemn cyber terrorism, as well as "israel's aggression against the palestinian people and attacks against other countries."

israel's permanent representative to the united nations, danon, said israel does not seek war. since october last year, hezbollah in lebanon has fired thousands of rockets at israel, killing 46 people, injuring 294 and displacing tens of thousands. israel's goal is very clear, which is to restore security in the northern border area and allow people to return home.

lebanese minister of public health firas abyad said on the 19th that the explosions of communications equipment in lebanon on the 17th and 18th have killed 37 people and injured 2,931 people. (end)