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Hamas chief killing: UNSC emergency meeting underway, Russian statement blocked |
2024-08-01 |
[GEO.TV] UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo is giving the opening remarks at the emergency meeting over the killing of Hamas![]() chief in Tehran. DiCarlo said a path to de-escalation is needed at this dangerous time. "The international community must work together to avoid any action that will make the conflict much bigger and wider very quickly," she said. "We need swift diplomatic efforts towards de-escalation [and] the Security Council plays a crucial role in this regard." More from regnum.ru Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. UN Security Council Blocks Russia's Draft Statement on Haniyeh's Murder [Regnum] Three countries have blocked the draft statement of the UN Security Council (SC) on the assassination of Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, proposed by Russia. This was stated at a meeting of the world organization by Iran's permanent representative Amir Saeed Iravani. "The draft press statement proposed by Russia to condemn Israel's brutal act was blocked by the US, UK and France," he said. Earlier, Iranian diplomats sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Russia, which chairs the Security Council, demanding that they condemn Israel's attack on Lebanon. As reported by Regnum news agency, on July 30, Israeli Air Force aircraft fired four missiles at targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut, destroying a residential building. According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, three people were killed and 85 were injured. Hezbollah's second-highest commander, Fuad Mohsen Shokr, was killed in a strike on southern Beirut in a targeted, intelligence-driven operation, the Israeli army said. On the night of July 31, 61-year-old Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed in a rocket attack on a house in Tehran. Hamas officially confirmed the death of the head of the Hamas politburo. He arrived in Iran to attend the inauguration ceremony of the country's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Hamas spokesman in Lebanon Mahmoud Tah blamed Israel and the US for Haniyeh's killing, saying the attack had been coordinated with Washington. On July 31, a red flag was raised over the Jamkaran Mosque in Iran in vengeance for Haniyeh's murder. Red flags in Shiite tradition symbolize the desire to avenge unjustly spilled blood. The Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attack on Haniyeh. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, it was a political assassination that would further escalate tensions. |
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