‘I urge that any Israeli action be both measured, proportionate’

 Al-Sharaa made the comments at a press conference with Ali Larijani, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, whose country is also a top backer of Hamas and Hizbullah.

 "When the Zionist entity attacks and slaughters the Palestinian people … Resistance is necessary," Larijani said.

 Geir Pedersen, the UN representative in Lebanon, asked Hizbullah to release the two IDF soldiers immediately, as did the EU and US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch. 

 UK Foreign Office Minister, Kim Howells said, “We condemn this morning’s infiltration and rocket attacks by Hizbullah on northern Israel.