With the spectre of all-out war looming over the Middle East, world powers warned of the potential repercussions of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah\u2019s assassination by Israel amid growing calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Middle East. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the UN General Assembly on Saturday that there must not be a delay in reaching a \u201ccomprehensive ceasefire\u201d in the Middle East, and said a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians rema\u00adins the way out of the region\u2019s tensions. Russia strongly condemned \u201cyet another political assassination\u201d in the Lebanese capital Beirut. Its foreign ministry said, \u201cThis forceful action is fraught with even greater dramatic consequences for Lebanon and the entire Middle East. The Israeli side could not fail to recognise this danger, but took the step of killing Lebanese citizens, which would almost inevitably provoke a new outburst of violence. Thus, it bears full responsibility for the subsequent escalation.\u201d However, US President Joe Biden the United States fully supported Israel\u2019s right to defend itself and said he had directed Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to further enhance the US military forces in the Middle East, calling Hassan Nasrallah\u2019s killing \u201ca measure of justice\u201d for his many victims. Israel\u2019s chief of the general staff Herzi Halevi said Hassan Nasrallah \u201cindiscriminately murdered Israeli civilians\u201d and aimed \u201cto end this war\u201d with the destruction of Israel. France, Germany On the other hand, France called on Israel to stop striking Lebanon. Acco\u00admpanied with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Paris wanted \u201can immediate halt to Israeli strikes in Leb\u00adanon\u201d and was \u201copposed to any ground operation\u201d, the foreign ministry said. Also, German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock warned of \u2018spiral of violence\u2019 in Middle East, terming the situation \u2018extremely dangerous\u2019. \u201cThere is a threat that this entire region will slip further into an absolute spiral of violence.\u201d Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan, in a post on X, condemned the attacks as part of an Israeli policy of \u201cgenocide, occupation, and invasion\u201d and said the Muslim world should show a more \u201cdetermined\u201d stance. In another post on X, Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani wrote, \u201cThe glorious path of the leader of the resistance, Hassan Nasrallah, will continue and his sacred goal will be realised in the liberation of Quds (Jerusalem), God willing.\u201d Iraq\u2019s premier Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said the killing showed \u201cthe reckless desire to expand the conflict at the expense of all the peoples of the region and their security and stability\u201d. Also, the foreign ministry of Syria condemned the attack, stating \u201cThe Zionist entity (Israel) confirms through this despicable aggression, once again\u2026 its barbarism and wanton disregard for all international standards and laws.\u201d Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas offered his condolences to the Lebanese government and people of Lebanon over the civilian casualties in the ongoing Israeli aggression. Also, the Hamas in Gaza and Houthis in Yemen condemned the unabated Israeli aggression in the region. \u201cWe condemn in the strongest terms this barbaric Zionist aggression and targeting of residential buildings\u2026 and we consider it a cowardly terrorist act,\u201d Hamas said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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