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Russian President Vladimir Putin joined international calls for cool heads successful nan Middle East arsenic tensions stay precocious pursuing Iran’s unprecedented onslaught connected Israel complete nan weekend.
"Vladimir Putin expressed dream that each sides would show reasonable restraint and forestall a caller information of confrontation fraught pinch catastrophic consequences for nan full region," nan Kremlin said successful a readout of a telephone pinch Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, according to a translator by The Moscow Times.
"Ebrahim Raisi noted that Iran's actions were forced and constricted successful nature: At nan aforesaid time, he stressed Tehran's disinterest successful further escalation of tensions," nan Kremlin added. "Both sides stated that nan guidelines origin of nan existent events successful nan Middle East is nan unresolved Palestinian-Israeli conflict."
"In this regard, nan opinionated approaches of Russia and Iran successful favour of an contiguous ceasefire successful nan Gaza Strip, easing nan difficult humanitarian situation, and creating conditions for a governmental and negotiated colony of nan situation were confirmed," nan Kremlin concluded, adding that nan telephone discussed "in detail" nan airstrike connected Iran’s consulate successful Damascus.
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On Saturday night, Iran launched hundreds of drones and a substance of cruise and ballistic missiles successful retaliation for strikes against its negotiated mission, or, arsenic different reports claim, an adjoining Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound successful Damascus.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets pinch Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi successful Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022. (President Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS)
The onslaught killed 7 IRGC members, including Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, nan elder commandant of nan forces since nan assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani successful 2020.
Israel ne'er took in installments for nan strike, but different countries, including nan United States, attributed nan onslaught to nan Jewish state.
Israeli defense systems intercept an Iranian rocket complete Maale Adumim, adjacent Jerusalem, successful nan early hours of April 14, 2024. (Matanya Reichman/TPS)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly wanted to retaliate directly, but he changed his plans aft President Biden told him to "take nan win" and stressed nan U.S. would not support immoderate nonstop consequence to Iran’s strike. Instead, Israel struck Hezbollah sites successful confederate Lebanon.
Israel's subject says this photograph shows its troops operating wrong nan Gaza Strip connected Sunday, Nov. 5. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)
However, Israel continued to accent a desire and intent to retaliate against Iran, pinch Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant telling U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin connected Sunday that Israel had nary prime but to respond.
The Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Chief of Staff Gen. Herzi Halevi added connected Monday that "Israel is considering adjacent steps" and that "the motorboat of truthful galore missiles and drones to Israeli territory will beryllium answered pinch retaliation," Axios reported.
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The insistence connected retaliation, contempt unit from Israel’s closest and arguably astir captious state to do otherwise, continues to interest nan world community.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, and Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant springiness a associated property convention successful Tel Aviv connected Dec. 18, 2023. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)
"The Middle East is connected nan brink," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told a Security Council gathering called connected Sunday successful consequence to nan strikes. "The group of nan region are confronting a existent threat of a devastating full-scale conflict. Now is nan clip to defuse and de-escalate."
Biden has continued to summation his pursuit of a ceasefire deal, telling Iraq’s premier curate that nan U.S. is "committed to a ceasefire that will bring nan hostages location and forestall nan conflict from spreading beyond what it already has."
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"The United States is committed to Israel’s security," nan president said, according to a readout of nan telephone call. White House nationalist information communications spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that nan president is "certainly not looking for a warfare pinch Iran, and I americium assured that Prime Minister Netanyahu is alert of nan president’s concerns."
Reuters contributed to this report.
Peter Aitken is simply a Fox News Digital newsman pinch a attraction connected nationalist and world news.
