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China supports all efforts that are conducive to achieving permanent all-round cease-fire in Gaza and is willing, together with the international community, to promote the cooling down of the regional situation, so as to avoid the further escalation of the conflicts,
We must win and not go to the talks in Doha or Cairo,
the minister said, referring to the truce talks planned for Thursday This little girl was pulled out of the rubble. Her whole family is dead. Who will take care of her now
asked Ibrahim Barbakh, a resident of Khan Yunis, as he held the baby We take the declarations and statements of our enemies seriously. Therefore, we are prepared at peak readiness in offense and defense,
Our fear is not from Iran, but from the Israeli government and the country's infrastructure not functioning properly,
If I had to make special arrangements every time there's a concrete threat, I'd have gone bankrupt,
Rozner says sarcastically We've been preparing ourselves for quite a while,
I once felt that should I get kidnapped, my country will do everything to get me back,
Such demands lack political logic, are entirely contrary to the principles and rules of international law, and represent an excessive request,
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani said in a statement Iran wants its response to be much more effective than the 13 April attack,
said Farzin Nadimi, senior fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East policy Political ways out of the existing problems must be found,
it quoted Bogdanov as saying China is gravely concerned over the relevant military operation of Israel which caused massive civilian casualties in Gaza,
Chinese Foreign Ministry Lin Jian said Monday We don’t know when it will happen and if it will happen,
Colonel Gilead Shenhar of the Israel Defense Forces’ Homefront Command, which is in charge of civilian emergency preparedness, told Tel Aviv radio station 103 FM on Tuesday But it seems to me that the Iranians are in a very difficult position,
Hamas has repeatedly rejected Israel's efforts to reach a cease-fire and hostage deal, and unfortunately, it's really unclear at this time what, if anything, would change that approach,
We called on Iran to stand down its ongoing threats of a military attack against Israel and discussed the serious consequences for regional security should such an attack take place,
said the joint statement from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the United States The renewed push for a ceasefire offers Iran a way out of this escalatory cycle,
Batmanghelidj, CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation think-tank, told AFP We call on Iran and its allies to refrain from attacks that would further escalate regional tensions and jeopardise the opportunity to agree a ceasefire [in Gaza] and the release of [Israeli] hostages,
We have to be prepared for what could be a significant set of attacks. Which is why, again, we have increased our force posture and capabilities in the region,
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Iran is determined to defend its national security,
foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Tuesday as he dismissed Western urging for the Islamic Republic to avoid escalating tensions in the region