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Qatar Rejects ‘Provocative’ Statements Issued by Netanyahu's Office

Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson. (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson. (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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Qatar Rejects ‘Provocative’ Statements Issued by Netanyahu's Office

Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson. (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson. (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Qatar strongly rejected on Saturday what it described as “provocative” Israeli statements made by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said the “Israeli statements fall short of the most basic standards of political and moral responsibility”.
He added: "Picturing the ongoing aggression in Gaza as a defense of civilization brings back rhetorics used by regimes throughout history to justify their crimes under false pretenses”.
Earlier, Netanyahu’s office called on Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and the Hamas group in Gaza, to "stop playing both sides with its double talk and decide if it's on the side of civilization or if it's on the side of Hamas".

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Saudi Arabia Lauds Lebanese Government Efforts to Uphold Country’s Sovereignty

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Saudi Arabia Lauds Lebanese Government Efforts to Uphold Country’s Sovereignty

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The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s sincere condolences to Lebanon over the death and injury of Lebanese army personnel while performing their duties in southern Lebanon.

The Kingdom affirmed its solidarity with Lebanon’s government and people.

It also praised the efforts of the Lebanese army to uphold the Lebanese government’s sovereignty over all the country’s territory, in a manner that ensures its security and stability and contributes to the prosperity of Lebanon and its people.

Munition in an arms depot in south Lebanon exploded Saturday as army experts were dismantling them, killing six of them and wounding several others, the army said.

The incident occurred on the edge of the southern village of Zibqin in Tyre province, the army said.

On Thursday, the Lebanese cabinet voted in favor of a US-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah and implement a ceasefire with Israel. The Lebanese government asked the national army to prepare a plan in which only state institutions will have weapons by the end of the year.