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Indonesia condemns Israeli strikes on Iran, calls for restraint from all parties
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The skyline of Tehran is pictured after several explosions were heard on Oct. 26, 2024. That day, Israel announced the launch of “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran in retaliation for attacks against it. Iranian state TV said “strong explosions“ were heard around the capital, without specifying the cause of the blasts. (AFP/ATTA KENARE)
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he Foreign Ministry has condemned Israeli airstrikes on Iran over the weekend that killed at least four soldiers and have stoked fears of a full-scale war in the Middle East, calling on all parties to the conflict to refrain from escalating it further.
“Indonesia strongly condemns Israel's military strikes against Iran. Such escalation and expansion of conflicts are clear violations of international laws and demonstrate Israel’s utter disregard for it,” the Foreign Ministry said on X on Saturday.
“All parties must exercise maximum restraint and refrain from any actions that could escalate tensions and lead to further instability in the region,” the ministry said.
Scores of Israeli jets completed three waves of strikes before dawn on Saturday against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran, Israel's military said as reported by Reuters.
The strikes were in retaliation for Iran's Oct. 1 attack on Israel, in which Iran fired some 200 missiles in only the second ever direct attack against its arch-foe. Most of those missiles were intercepted but one person was killed, according to AFP.
Tensions have been heightened in the Middle East since the Gaza war started in October of last year, and the United Nations Security Council has struggled to act.
The Indonesian Foreign Ministry said Israel’s “illegal occupation of Palestinian territory remains the root cause of conflicts in the Middle East” and that the two-state solution was “the only way to bring peace to the region”.
