“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday. “If the conflict escalates further, not only will the conflicting parties suffer greater losses, but regional countries will also suffer greatly.”

Russia signed a strategic partnership with Iran in January and also has a relationship with Israel, although that has been strained by Moscow's war in Ukraine.

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Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has warned Hezbollah to not engage in strikes on Israel on behalf of Iran. "If there is terror - there will be no Hezbollah," Katz said in a post on X.

Israel’s defense minister warned on Thursday that the Israeli military would intensify its strikes on “strategic targets” in Iran, after a barrage of Iranian missiles hit several locations, including a major hospital complex in southern Israel.

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