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Iran embassy in Lebanon says Israel strike in Beirut is 'dangerous game-changing escalation'

September 27, 2024 at 8:42 pm

Smoke rises over destroyed buildings after Israeli attack during debris removal work with construction machinery in Dahieh region of Beirut, Lebanon on September 27, 2024 [Ahmad Laila/Anadolu Agency]

Iran’s embassy in Lebanon said on X that Friday’s Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs represents a dangerous game-changing escalation that will “bring its perpetrator an appropriate punishment”, Reuters reports.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Nasser Kanaani, said the strike was a “war crime” for which both Israel and the United States should be held accountable, state media reported.

“This barbaric attack, which was carried out with bombs donated by the US regime to the rogue Zionist regime […] is a clear and undeniable war crime. Therefore, the American regime is also an accomplice along with the Zionist regime and must be held accountable,” Kanaani said, according to state media.

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