Johnathan Paoli
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the recent Israel-Iran conflict, but put the blame on the ongoing failure to stop the war between Israel and Palestine, a warning that South Africa has raised since last year, he said.
Speaking on the sidelines of the ANC’s election campaign south of Johannesburg on Sunday, Ramaphosa said the concerns surrounding the Israel-Palestine conflict has clearly escalated into a larger field of military action.
“We did warn at a very early stage that unless the challenges and the war between Israel and Palestine in Gaza is handled with care and with great wisdom to ensure that there is a ceasefire and humanitarian assistance, the war would soon escalate beyond the borders of Israel, and it would engulf countries in the Middle East,” the President said.
His comments come after Iran fired over 300 drones and missiles into Israel on Saturday, in retaliation for
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