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All sides must step back from conflict and step up diplomacy
The Defence Secretary added It is absolutely vital that we engage closely with partners like Qatar, who play a key role in mediating the conflict in Gaza, so that we can bring this devastating war to an end
We will continue to labour that for as long as it takes to get there,
How can mediation succeed when one party assassinates the negotiator on the other side?”
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani posted on social media In Iran, they are hoisting the red flag – the flag of revenge. So there is a lot of anger,
This is something we were not aware of or involved in. It's very hard to speculate,
Blinken said in an interview with Channel News Asia during a visit to Singapore I've learned over many years never to speculate on the impact one event may have on something else,
Blinken said when asked what impact Haniyeh's death might have on the war I can't tell you what this means. I can tell you that the imperative of getting a ceasefire, the importance that that has for everyone, remains,
Blinken said in an interview with Channel News Asia in Singapore The fact that such a high-ranking Hamas leader was assassinated on Iranian soil was an added bonus for Israel particularly directly after he participated in the inauguration ceremony of the new Islamic Republic president,
Lisa Daftari, Middle East analyst and editor-in-chief at The Foreign Desk, told Fox News Hamas declares to the great Palestinian people and the people of the Arab and Islamic nations and all the free people of the world, brother leader Ismail Haniyeh a martyr,
It sends a clear message that Israel does not differentiate between the Islamic Republic and its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah,
I have seen the reports. Nothing takes more importance than getting a cease fire. In the interest of putting things on a better path. We've been working since day one to stop[this war] from spreading,
Developing news this morning as Hamas have announced that its leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in Iran."
Jon announced the news as he said We've been working from day one not only to try to get to a better place in Gaza but also to prevent the conflict from spreading, whether it's the north with Lebanon and Hezbollah, whether it's the Red Sea with the Houthis, whether it's Iran, Syria, Iraq, you name it,
As we are in the middle of the Olympic Games, we can say that Israel has just won two gold medals in the 100m,
said retired Maj Gen Amos Yadlin, the former head of IDF military intelligence The coincidence of this regional escalation with the lack of progress in the cease-fire negotiations in Gaza increases the complexity of the situation and indicates the absence of Israeli political will to calm it down,
It's vitally important to hopefully put things on a better path for more enduring peace and more enduring security, so that focus remains,