Iran’s president told his European counterpart , Emmanuel Macron , the , U. S.  , and , Europe , had urge , Israel , to accept a peace in , Gaza , to minimize conflicts in the , Middle East.
Masoud Pezeshkian’s feedback on a visit with Macron on Wednesday hint at a diplomatic way to de-escalation as , Israel , splints for retribution after the shooting of a top , Hamas , head in , Tehran.
The Western and Arab states have engaged in recent political exercises to try to calm Iran’s answer.  , Israel , has said it does respond overwhelmingly to any harm from Iran or its substitute military organizations for as , Hezbollah , in , Lebanon.
” If the , U. S.  , and Western nations really want to prevent war and insecurity in the region, they should convince this program to stop the murder and assaults in , Gaza , and accept a cease-fire”, Pezeshkian told Macron, a speech on Iran’s official government site said.
Macron, according to the French presidency, said Iran should not retaliate against , Israel , and warned that further violence would cause long-term damage to the prospects for regional stability.
The Islamic Republic, Hamas’s main backer, has repeatedly vowed to avenge the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in , Tehran , last week, while saying it does n’t want to spark a region-wide war.  , Israel , has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for Haniyeh’s death.
Hezbollah, Iran’s main proxy militia group, has also threatened a major attack on , Israel , after the Israeli military killed a senior commander,  , Fuad Shukr, in , Beirut , just hours before Haniyeh died.
Hezbollah , and , Israel , have already been exchanging fire regularly since October, when the Israel-Hamas war erupted in , Gaza.
” The only path forward is to bring about an immediate cease-fire that will help deescalate the regional situation and will save the region from the abyss of further conflict”, Jordan’s foreign minister,  , Ayman Safadi, told CNN on Wednesday. As part of the coordinated efforts by the West and Arab countries to lower tensions, Safadi made a rare trip to Iran over the weekend.
Hamas , and , Hezbollah , are designated terrorist organizations by the , U. S.
Hamas , started the war when its fighters swarmed into southern , Israel , on , Oct. 7, killing 1, 200 people and taking around 240 hostages. Israel’s subsequent offensive on , Gaza , has killed almost 40, 000 people, according to the , Hamas-run health ministry in the Palestinian territory.
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