UN Secretary General Guterres called on Israel and Iran to stop the conflict

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday, June 14, called on both sides of the conflict in the Middle East, Israel and Iran, to stop the escalation.

"Israeli bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities. Iranian missile strikes on Tel Aviv. Enough escalation," he wrote on his Facebook page (ex. Twitter).

He said that peace and diplomacy "must take over."

An eye for an eye: Iran responded to the Israeli attack

Tehran and West Jerusalem have once again stopped a step away from a major war

Earlier, on June 13, Israel launched a preemptive strike against Iran and declared a state of emergency. In this regard, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the purpose of the military operation is to strike at Iran's nuclear infrastructure.

Iran later closed its airspace amid retaliatory strikes against Israel. On the night of June 14, the Israel Defense Forces announced the beginning of the third wave of Iran's missile attack.