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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 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 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 This is not just a conflict
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, speaking just before the Israeli leader, declared of Gaza 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,
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
Israel must defeat Hezbollah in Lebanon. It is a quintessential terror organisation. And it has killed more Americans and Frenchmen than any group except bin Laden”
Asking if the US would tolerate such a situation, he declared ... an indirect reference to Washington and Paris’s push for peace If you strike us, we will strike you. There is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel can’t reach.”
Addressing Iran, his main target, Netanyahu warned Israel will win this battle because we don’t have a choice.”
Netanyahu slammed all those who didn’t support Israel as victims of moral confusion and declared We are focused on mopping up Hamas’s remaining terror capabilities and infrastructure. We remain focused on the sacred mission of bringing hostages home. Hamas has got to go.”
Regarding Gaza, where over 40,000 have died and two million displaced due to Israel’s year-long offensive, Netanyahu claimed success in weakening Hamas but insisted Iran is not going to be pulled into war,
said Hamid Gholamzadeh, an Iran-based political expert Iran does not want to play into its arch-enemy's hands,
said Vaez, noting Iran's priority was securing sanctions relief We tried to not respond. They kept telling us we were within reach of peace, perhaps in a week or so,
Hezbollah needs to be supported, but this support does not mean that they might be defeated if there is no support,
The assassinations will not solve Israel's problem. ... With the assassination of resistance leaders, others will take their place,
Ali Larijani told Iran's state TV We will do whatever necessary to bring the residents back to the North. If nothing will help, then the goal of any operation is to achieve peace,
Some of the effective and valuable forces of Hezbollah were martyred, which undoubtedly caused damage to Hezbollah, but this was not the sort of damage that could bring the group to its knees,
Khamenei told Iranian veteran leaders from the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988