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This must stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire."
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres led international calls to stem the "broadening conflict in the Middle East", saying in a statement Whether he will be restrained by the United States or not, we just don't know,
Landis said in an interview with VOA They need(ed) to push back both to protect Lebanese Hezbollah and also to show to their other proxy groups and allies across the region that they will defend their interests,
Shaikh said in an interview with VOA At the end of the day, military strength can be decisive,
Jeffrey, who served as a special envoy for Syria engagement, told VOA It could go either way,
said Shaan Shaikh, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Any Israeli response to Tuesday's missile attack would be met with "vast destruction" of Israeli infrastructure,
Iran's General Staff of the Armed Forces said in a statement What's fundamental here is that steady leadership is going to matter. It's clear. And the world saw it on that debate stage a few weeks ago, a nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need in this moment,
Iran, our I, Israel's ability to be able to defend itself is absolutely fundamental. Getting its hostages back, fundamental. And ending the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. But the expansion of Israel and its proxies is an absolute fundamental necessity for the United States to have to steady leadership there. You saw it experienced today where along with our Israeli partners and our coalition, able to stop the incoming attack,
Walz responded, taking a few pauses between words What we've seen out of Vice President Harris is we've seen steady leadership. We've seen a calmness that is able to be able to draw on the coalitions, to bring them together understanding, that our allies matter. When our allies see Donald Trump turn towards Vladimir Putin, turn towards North Korea, when we start to see that type of fickleness around holding the coalitions together, we will stay committed. And as the vice president said today, we will protect our forces and our allied forces, and there will be consequences,
His chief of staff, John Kelly, said that he was the most flawed human being you'd ever met. And both of his secretaries of defense and his national security advisers said he should be nowhere near the White House. Now, the person closest to them… said he's unfit for the highest office. That was Sen. Vance,
Walz said, referring to Vance's previous criticisms of Trump before he was elected to the White House in 2016. Governor Walz, if you were the final voice in the Situation Room, would you support or oppose a preemptive strike by Israel on Iran?"
CBS' Margaret Brennan asked Walz on Tuesday evening in New York City during the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate The attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective, and this is a testament to Israeli military capability and the US military."
US President Joe Biden backed their ally Israel and stated Argentina reiterates its solidarity with the State of Israel and vindicates its right to legitimate self-defence,
That's in active discussion right now. That remains to be seen."
Asked by reporters what the response towards Iran would be, Biden replied We will act. Iran will soon feel the consequences of their actions. The response will be painful,
Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters Our action is concluded unless the Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation. In that scenario, our response will be stronger and more powerful,
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a post on X early on Wednesday The Iranian foreign minister told me in New York during the United Nations that they were showing – and this is again before Friday’s assassination – that they were showing restraint and that Hezbollah was showing restraint as well, and that it wanted, you know, to de-escalate all of this."
About Iran and Lebanon’s perspective on this conflict, Amanpour continued So then comes the assassination of their client, Hassan Nasrallah, ... Hezbollah is meant to be the frontline troops of Iran. So this response from Iran is more likely because it feels it has been left no choice."
Nobody, nobody - not the Lebanese nor the Iranians, want this to escalate even further. Iran does not want an Israeli or a U.S. war against it,
Amanpour told CNN anchor Dana Bash on Tuesday morning, suggesting the current rocket barrage was calculated to prompt minimal response from Israeli forces That's very important to keep in mind,