UN official asks Israel not to bomb Lebanon's port and airports

A top United Nations official urged Israel on Saturday during a  visit to Beirut not to attack Lebanon's ports and airports, saying such an attack could spark a food crisis. 

"What I have seen and heard today is devastating, but the sense is that this can get much worse still, and that needs to be avoided," Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the UN World Food Program said. 

He said Israel made commitments not to attack the facilities, but that could change. 

"We have huge concerns and there are many, but one of them is indeed that we need the ports and we need the supply routes to continue to be able to operate".