Hamas’ top political leader was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war. Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge against Israel.
00:00Iran has never sought to expand its war zone.
00:15However, it should be taken into consideration that Iran has allowed the area to be given to the United States and Israel under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
00:30We are highly concerned about the incident.
00:34We firmly oppose and condemn the assassination.
00:38This incident may lead to further turmoil in the regional situation.
00:45China has always advocated negotiating with Iran to resolve the regional dispute.
00:52This should be accomplished as soon as possible.
00:55This should be a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire.
00:57This should avoid conflicts and further escalation.
01:01We strongly condemn the assassination of the head of the Palestinian Political Bureau, Hamas, Ismail Khani,
01:06as a result of a missile strike on his residence in Tehran.
01:09First of all, we have learned that the head of the Hamas Political Bureau was killed in Iran.
01:16The Bulgarian government has no personal knowledge of this and cannot intervene in this matter.
01:22However, it is clear that the entire region is in an extremely dangerous situation and that no one can be interested in continuing to fire at them.
01:33Let me firstly say that Hamas is a terrorist organisation.
01:41This individual was central to the activities which occurred on October 7, activities which we have consistently condemned.
01:51That said, we have consistently been advocating for a ceasefire in the Middle East to see an end to the catastrophe which is playing out in the Middle East.
02:02We very much support the efforts of President Biden and his administration in bringing about a ceasefire.
02:10Clearly, in this moment, we are very much using our voice in the global community to advocate against any escalation in what is occurring in the Middle East.
