WHO chief says war reached ‘perilous stage’ with attacks near nuclear facilities

The United Nations’ top health official says the war has reached a “perilous stage” following strikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility and in the city of Dimona not far from an Israeli nuclear research center.

“Attacks targeting nuclear sites create an escalating threat to public health and environmental safety,” said World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

He called on warring parties to “exercise maximum military restraint and avoid any actions that could trigger nuclear incidents.”   — AP