Russia Issues Rare Blanket Condemnation Of Israeli Offensive In Lebanon
She began the statement by reviewing that starting Monday "the Israeli leadership announced that the IDF had launched an offensive operation, dubbed ‘Northern Arrows,’ aimed at undermining the military infrastructure of the Hezbollah movement." At this point Israel has mounted three major missile strikes on Beirut, specifically the southern suburbs.
"Hezbollah, in turn, intensified its rocket attacks on military facilities in Israel," she continued. However, Israel would disagree with the Kremlin spokeswoman's assessment, as it has pointed to rocket attacks on Israeli civilian towns and settlements, which have also resulted in the indefinite evacuation of at least 80,000 people since last year.
Zakharova then stressed, "We strongly condemn the large-scale military attacks against Lebanon. We would especially like to emphasize our principled position on the inadmissibility of indiscriminate attacks that target civilians."
She urged that the international community must press both sides to halt the "spiral of violence" before the situation "gets out of control".
"We must do everything possible to prevent the Middle East from plunging into a full-scale armed conflict, the devastating consequences of which will inevitably affect everyone - both in the region and beyond," the diplomat said. "We proceed from the fact that the security of any state in the region should not be ensured at the expense of others," she said.
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