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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 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 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 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,
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 We will not allow arms transfers to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in any way
We will not back down in the face of threats from Tehran or its proxies,
Netanyahu told the assembly, defending Israel's actions as necessary for national security The IDF continues to attack, damage, and degrade the capabilities and military infrastructure of the terrorist organization Hezbollah,
the IDF declared in a statement 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 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 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 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 What Israel is doing is wrong. They are killing civilians in order to try and kill fighters, but that’s not right. It’s not necessary,
Ali told Al Jazeera from his corner store in Hamra, a bustling district in the capital Beirut Our policy is clear: We’re continuing to strike Hezbollah with all [our] strength, and we won’t stop until we achieve all our objectives – first and foremost the return of northern residents to their homes,
he said, after landing in New York in advance of addressing the UN General Assembly on Friday The [Zionists] don’t scare us,
she tells Al Jazeera at an elementary school that has been turned into a displacement shelter in Lebanon’s capital Beirut Landlords are exploiting the displaced,
Israel has crossed all red lines to provoke Hezbollah into bringing out its big guns, so that Israel can then respond much more violently,
If they die, they want to die with dignity, not by fleeing their home,
The war can still get a lot worse,