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If the interpretation of being destroyed is the same as with Hamas, then we are going to go for a long war,
he was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying This targeting confirms one thing. Today all Lebanese people are targeted. The Israeli enemy is not differentiating between military personnel and a civilian,
said local resident, Jad Fayyad The safety of British nationals is our number one priority and the situation in Lebanon is deeply concerning
The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office told MailOnline These were not the precision strikes we got used to over the recent days and weeks
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from Beirut, said Israel is going to war'
Israel's Channel 12 quoted an official as saying ominously Our enemies seek not only to destroy us, they seek to destroy our common civilization and return all of us to a dark age of tyranny and terror,
This is not just a conflict
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, speaking just before the Israeli leader, declared of Gaza My country is at war, fighting for its life.
The strikes came shortly after Netanyahu vowed to continue the fight against Hezbollah in his UN General Assembly address, insisting We will fight until we achieve victory, total victory, there is no substitute for it.
He went on to say regarding Israel's war on Hamas and Hezbollah We will not allow arms transfers to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in any way
Events in the past hours and days have demonstrated how volatile this situation is which is why our message is clear – British nationals should leave now
But Defence Secretary John Healey said earlier this week I think the focus right now is still on working behind the scenes to try to facilitate a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities,
To be really clear, we all learned a great deal of lessons from the experience of 2006,
It's a scalable response that we are putting in place,
Blair said in an interview with CTV's Question Period host Vassy Kapelos, airing Sunday But I think it's going to be important to respond to the circumstances that may exist at that time,
The path to diplomacy may seem difficult to see at this moment, but it is there and in our judgement, it is necessary,
The choices that all parties make in the coming days will determine which path this region is on, with profound consequences for its people now and possibly for years to come,
They [the Israelis] know every single warning from the administration has been ignored — explicitly and emphatically, repeatedly — and there’s never been a consequence,
said Khaled Elgindy, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute think tank He’s got a very narrow playbook, so he repeats a lot of the same things,
The US is not at all serious about peace and diplomacy. I think that the US would prefer it if it were possible, but it’s not very high on the US’s priority list,