It also reiterated that French citizens should “absolutely refrain from traveling to Iran, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.”
Meanwhile, German airline Lufthansa announced on Sunday that flights to Amman, Erbil and Tel Aviv would not operate until Tuesday, and flights to Beirut and Tehran would not operate until Thursday at the earliest. The announcement came after the airline had already suspended flights to Tehran last Wednesday in preparation for possible Iranian retaliation against Israel following the deadly attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria.
Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations Asked He called for an “immediate cessation” of hostilities, adding: “Neither the region nor the world can tolerate another war.”
Pope Francis added to his plea to avoid escalating conflicts, warning against falling into a “spiral of violence” that risks escalating conflicts in the Middle East. “Enough of war, enough of aggression, enough of violence, enough of dialogue, and so too of peace,” he told a crowd in St. Peter's Square.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said G7 leaders will hold a video conference on Sunday afternoon to coordinate a unified response to Iran's retaliatory attacks on Israel. According to the Israeli military, Iran fired more than 300 missiles and drones toward Israel overnight, but 99% of them were intercepted.
