Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN’s special coordinator for Lebanon, has said the country’s cultural heritage was being endangered by Israeli strikes on the ancient Lebanese cities of Tyre and Baalbek, home to UNESCO-designated Roman ruins, Al Jazeera reports.

“Ancient Phoenician cities steeped in history are in deep peril of being left in ruins,” she said in a social media post, adding that “Lebanon’s cultural heritage must not become yet another casualty in this devastating conflict.”

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