Diplomatic tensions rise as Iran warns Israel amid Gaza conflict; Top updates
Axios. This comes as the diplomatic sources said that on Saturday in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with UN ambassador to the Middle East Tor Wennesland.
As per the report, Wennesland urged Amir-Abdollahian to do something to stop the war between Israel and Gaza from spreading to the rest of the Middle East. To which, Abdollahian said that Iran wants to try and aid in the liberation of citizens being held captive by Hamas in Gaza and does not want the conflict to escalate into a regional war, however, he added that Iran will have to react if the Israeli military operation continues, particularly if Israel carries out its threat to launch a ground invasion in Gaza, sources told Axios. Earlier, On Saturday, Iran's foreign minister while speaking to reporters in Beirut called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, warning that the war may expand further to other parts of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle which would make Israel suffer “a huge earthquake," as reported by Associated Press.
He also warned that Lebanon's Hezbollah group has taken all the scenarios of a war into consideration and Israel should stop its attacks on Gaza as soon as possible. According to Israel, Hezbollah poses the greatest immediate threat, with an estimated 150,000 rockets and missiles, including precision-guided missiles that can strike any location within the country.
The organisation, which boasts thousands of combat-tested militants from Syria's 12-year conflict, also possesses several kinds of military drones. Hezbollah fighters have been on full alert along Lebanon's borders with Israel following last Saturday's attack by the militant Palestinian group Hamas that left
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