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Iran Warns of Wider Conflict in Israel-Hamas War


FILE - South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor, left, is welcomed by her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 22, 2023.
FILE - South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor, left, is welcomed by her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 22, 2023.

WASHINGTON - Iran warned again on Sunday that war could spread to other parts of the Middle East if Israel continues strikes against Gaza.

"Anything would be possible at any moment, and the region will get out of control," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said during a briefing in Tehran on Sunday.

Iran has repeated over recent days that its regional allies, mainly the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, might lose their patience and engage in a conflict with Israel.

FILE - A man clears rubble from a building damaged by an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on October 22, 2023.
FILE - A man clears rubble from a building damaged by an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on October 22, 2023.

Amirabdollahian spoke on Sunday after meeting with his South African counterpart, Naledi Pandor.

Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the two-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict.

Israel has traded fire with Hezbollah on a near-daily basis since the war began, and tensions are soaring in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces have battled militants in refugee camps and carried out two airstrikes in recent days.

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