Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation, Lolwah Al-Khater has called the international community’s “cold reaction” and “inaction” after the communication device blasts in Lebanon “terrifying.”
Al-Khater argued that breaking the laws that govern wars means they risk having “no limits.”
“This is now not about Lebanon or Israel or Gaza, but it is about the new dimension that contemporary warfare has just entered.
“These mobile ticking bombs indiscriminately injure and kill people in public and civilian spaces, when did this become acceptable?”
Meanwhile, Norway’s Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, in a post on X called for calm as Israel and Hezbollah spiral deeper into conflict.
He warned that the Middle East is “on the brink.”
“I extend my heartfelt sympathy with civilians in Lebanon and across the region who now live in fear,” Espen Barth Eide said as Lebanon continues to reel from a series of deadly, coordinated explosions earlier this week.
He added, “I call on all parties to show maximum restraint.”
Also, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that Moscow is “deeply concerned about the dangerous developments in Lebanon following the exposure of Lebanon to terrorist cyberattacks unprecedented in the history of the international community.”
“We express our solidarity with the Lebanese people and condemn the acts of violence of a terrorist nature and the danger they carry of the expansion of the armed confrontation in the Middle East region,” Maria Zakharova said on the sidelines of the Eurasian Women’s Forum in Saint Petersburg.
“We are convinced that the launch of a large-scale military operation in Lebanon will have devastating consequences for the security of the entire Middle East.”
Maria Zakharova
Israeli opposition leader, Yair Lapid believes that the government is dangerously hurtling towards a “multi-arena conflict” that could mean Israeli forces are simultaneously present in Gaza, occupied West Bank and Lebanon.
“The government has not coordinated with the security establishment, which warns of a violent flare-up. The ones who will pay the price are our children, who will be forced to enter Jenin, Gaza and Lebanon.”
Yair Lapid
Fears of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah have surged following a series of coordinated explosions of Hezbollah-owned electronic devices in Lebanon this week, in an apparent Israeli attack.
According to Tohid Asadi, an Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran, this week’s coordinated explosions in Lebanon have clarified to Iran that Israel is “very much willing” to expand its conflict in the region and will use a wide range of tools, including new technology, to do it.
Asadi stated that the development has sparked concern in Iran that the entire West Asia region could be thrown into an “all-out, full-fledged war.”
“That is something the Iranians are not interested in at any level, … but at the same time, Iranian officials understand the Israelis have no intention of de-escalating the situation,” he said.
He added that while Iran’s government has sent messages of solidarity to its ally Hezbollah, it has so far stopped short of speaking about “practical plans” so as not to “give the game away.”
Hezbollah Fires 140 Rockets Into Israel
Also on Friday, Hezbollah announced that it fired at least 140 rockets into Israel after southern Lebanon was targeted by Israeli attacks.
Hezbollah disclosed that it fired a volley of rockets at a military barracks in northern Israel.
The target of the attack, according to Hezbollah, was the headquarters of Israel’s 188th Armoured Brigade, which operates under the country’s Northern Command.
Hezbollah said the attack was in support of the Palestinian people’s “valiant and honorable resistance” as well as retaliation against the Israeli military’s latest attacks in southern Lebanon.
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