More than 13,800 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war in early October 2023, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Catherine Russell has stated.
No option has been taken off the table as the G-7 countries continue to discuss the possibility of using the Russian assets frozen by the West to aid Ukraine, Reuters has reported, citing a senior US Treasury official.
In a recent telephone exchange between Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, both leaders condemned the aggressive actions of the Zionist regime against the Iranian consulate in Syria.
Italy has warned that any retaliation by Israel for Iran’s missile and drone attacks over the weekend could lead to a spiral of violence, local media has reported.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the collective West to become involved in the conflict with Russia and protect Kiev similar to how it aided Israel during the Iranian missile and drone attacks over the weekend.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a phone call with Antonio Guterres the UN Secretary General, has said the country’s recent retaliatory strikes against Israel could have been wider in scope.
The Republican-led US House has voted in favor of a series of bills aimed at squeezing Tehran financially in response to an unprecedented drone and missile attack launched by Iran against Israel over the weekend.
The head of Israel’s military has stated Tel Aviv would respond to Iran’s weekend drone and missile attack as several Western countries urged Israel to avoid an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.
The Iranian foreign minister, in a phone conversation with his British counterpart, voiced surprise at Britain’s support for the Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip, where around 34,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel over the past few months.
Israel has every right to retaliate after the Iranian drone and missile attacks over the weekend but would be better served by refraining from an escalation, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has stated.
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged international sanctions on Tehran to be strengthened following its missile and drone attacks on Israel over the weekend. France was among the few countries that blocked a UN Security Council statement to condemn the recent Israeli raid on Iran’s consulate that killed seven Iranian military advisors.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Iran against further strikes against Israel, and reaffirmed his country’s strong support for Tel Aviv amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
A growing number of Americans want US President Joe Biden to encourage Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cease its military action in the Gaza Strip, according to a new survey.
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) have warned that the Iranian attack on Israel risks an “uncontrollable regional escalation". Tehran says it has exercised its inherent right of self-defense against the regime's acts of aggression.
Iran’s president has warned any new ‘adventurism’ by Israel against Iranian interests will have more serious repercussions than the military strike on the occupied territories on Sunday.
Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has warned that any Israeli assault against Tehran’s interests will be dealt with a “stronger” blow.
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call that Washington will oppose any Tel Aviv counterattack against Tehran, a senior White House official told Axios.
Some top US officials are concerned Israel could do something quickly in response to Iran’s attacks without thinking through potential fallout afterward, according to a senior administration official and a senior defense official, NBC News reported.
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations defended Tehran’s retaliation against Israel's recent terrorist attack on the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital Damascus. It warnred of more severe raids in case of fresh Israeli attacks.
Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military aide to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said the Zionists have, over the past week, been in a state of panic, fearing Tehran’s retaliatory attack in the wake of the Israeli regime’s deadly raid on Iran’s mission in Damascus.
The Persian Gulf monarchies have called on the US not to use American military bases on their territories to launch military operation in response to any potential Iranian attack on Israel, sources told Middle East Eye.
