Lebanese envoy pleads for international pressure on Israel

Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Salim Baddoura, urged the international community to pressure Israel to pull back from his country, given it is employing the "same sinister playbook" as in Gaza, he said. 

"As these atrocities keep unfolding, we have the right to ask ourselves after one year: what is the real and ultimate goal of this?" Baddoura asked. 

"There is a pressing necessity for the international community to forcibly push for a ceasefire and uninhibited humanitarian relief."

He made his comments at a meeting in Geneva hosted by Pakistan, which currently heads the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Reporting by Reuters