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It's so important that we help defuse that conflict, not only prevent it from escalating, prevent it from spreading, but to defuse it because you have so many people in both countries, in both Israel and Lebanon, who've been displaced from their homes,
I don't think anyone wants a wider war. So I hope there are moves to de-escalate,
Israel continues to face severe threats to its security, and the Vice President’s support for Israel’s security is ironclad,
Gordon said in a statement This attack was conducted by Lebanese Hezbollah. It was their rocket, and launched from an area they control,
the White House said in a statement on Sunday I doubt that there will be a strike, but nothing is far-fetched when it comes to the enemy,
said Abdallah Dalal, a resident of the Lebanese border village of Chebaa I feel darkness inside and out. Nothing like this happened here,
resident Anan Abu Saleh said Big anger, big, big. I have no feelings that I can explain to you,
said Hassan Shakir, a Majdal Shams resident We also don’t want to see the conflict escalate. We don’t want to see it spread.”
Speaking in Tokyo, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, was clear Leave our children out of these wars,
sobbed one woman in the procession, ... Agence France-Presse reported Israel has every right to defend itself against Hezbollah like they do against Hamas. It’s sort of – it shows you how bad Iran and its surrogates are,
I went to this speech, because the relationship between Israel and America is ironclad and I wanted to show that,
Iran, through its surrogates, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, is really the real evil in this area,
said Democrat Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer on CBS’s Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan We don’t want escalation for sure,
he said, describing Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthi rebels as “proxies of Iran”. The UK condemns the strike in Golan Heights that has tragically claimed at least 12 lives
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Mr Lammy wrote I'm sure anyone that has seen the latest images... it's heartbreaking to see what's going on and it's such a painful human reminder of why we need to get to a situation where the fighting can stop
Any ignorant action of the Zionist regime can lead to the broadening of the scope of instability, insecurity and war in the region,
said Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanan in a statement Israel will exercise its right and duty to act in self-defense and will respond to the massacre,
Saturday's massacre constitutes the crossing of all red lines by Hezbollah. This is not an army fighting another army; rather, it is a terrorist organization deliberately shooting at civilians,
the ministry said in a statement We deplore the death of civilians — young children and teenagers — in Majdal Shams. Civilians must be protected at all times,
We are nearing the moment in which we face an all-out war,