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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Germany calls for restraint in Middle East, says reprisals are the wrong path
The German government calls for restraint in the Middle East in the wake of an Israeli strike that killed a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut and the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, a strike also blamed on Israel.
“It is essential to avoid further escalation and a regional conflagration,” German foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer tells reporters, adding that “we call on all actors to exercise maximum restraint; the logic of tit-for-tat reprisals is the wrong path.”
