German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has echoed calls from the UN secretary general and US President Joe Biden that another war in the Middle East must be avoided. After almost a year of conflict in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Israel has intensified its attacks on the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia across its northern border with Lebanon. “We must not slide into another war, but we must do everything we can to de-escalate, especially in view of the situation in Lebanon right now,” she said on the sidelines of the UN General Debate in New York. Reports of civilians being killed in Lebanon, …