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This must stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire.”
According to a BBC report, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the “broadening conflict in the Middle East”, adding In that scenario, our response will be stronger and more powerful,
Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Our forces are conducting precise, intelligence-driven operations to dismantle Hezbollah's terror infrastructure,
He said ... the official said The 36th Division, including soldiers of the Golani Brigade, 188th Armored Brigade, 6th Infantry Brigade, and additional forces are joining the limited, localized, targeted raids on Hezbollah terror targets and terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon that began on Monday,
the IDF said in a post on Telegram Any new move by the regime or its supporters will face an even tougher response from Iran,
The Air Force continues to operate fully, and tonight it will continue to strike in the Middle East powerfully, as has been happening throughout the past year,
IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said Iran committed a serious act tonight, pushing the Middle East towards escalation. We will act at the time and place we decide,
I condemn the broadening of the Middle East conflict with escalation after escalation,
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Iran made a big mistake tonight and will pay for it, ... Whoever attacks us, we attack them."
Netanyahu said hours after the attack, and warned The EU condemns in the strongest terms Iran's attack against Iran's attack against Israel,
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said in a statement on X, Iran has not learned a simple lesson — those who attack the state of Israel, pay a heavy price."
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made similar comments, saying We are eliminating the Hezbollah terrorist organization in southern Lebanon and dismantling its Radwan forces along the entire border,
Everything you see here—the weapons, missiles, explosives, RPGs—they were found by the IDF in areas from where [Hezbollah’s] Radwan forces planned launch attacks to kill and kidnap Israeli citizens,
Gallant said while observing the seized weaponry The air defence system is fully operational, detecting and intercepting threats wherever necessary, even at this moment,
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said The Hezbollah terrorist organization has deliberately primarily embedded its weapons production facilities and weaponry beneath residential buildings in the heart of the city of Beirut, hiding them in populated areas,
We will stand by the rule we established: Whoever attacks us, we will attack them,
We discussed how the United States is prepared to help Israel defend against these attacks, and protect American personnel in the region.”
Writing on X about a meeting held with Vice President Kamala Harris and the White House national security team earlier in the day, Biden said I’m very afraid that it will repeat itself now, and that [the situation in] Gaza will happen in Lebanon,
The world is totally passive, so Israel feels that it can go on,
The building got struck down and I couldn’t protect my daughter or anyone else. Thank God, my son and I got out, but I lost my daughter and wife, I lost my home, I have become homeless. What do you want me to say? My whole life changed in a second,
said resident Abdulhamid Ramadan