After an unprovoked attack by Hezbollah against Israel on January 4, 2016, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "expressed concern" over Israel's exercise of self-defense. In a press release dated January 5, 2016, the Secretary General said "all parties" should cease hostilities - equating the attacker, a terrorist group, and the target of attack, the democratic state of Israel.
In the words of the press release: "The Secretary-General expresses his concern at the retaliatory strikes by the Israel Defense Forces across the Blue Line in southern Lebanon, in the area of operations of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).... The Secretary-General calls on all parties to maintain the cessation of hostilities and to ensure full respect for Security Council resolution 1701 (2006)."