Cross-border attacks between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah have reignited concerns that the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip could break out into a regional conflict, nearly a year after it began.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told global leaders that Israel’s ramped-up attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon “cannot go unanswered” during his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday afternoon.

Israeli state terrorism over the past few days in Lebanon, followed by a massive aggression with thousands of victims, cannot go unanswered,” Pezeshkian said.

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