Turkiye warned that the risk of Israel’s attacks spreading across the region “must never be underestimated”, Anadolu reports.

“We are in midst of tension that could have ‘serious’ repercussions globally,” Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told a news conference with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Istanbul. Araghci arrived on a two-day visit to Turkiye on Friday.

Fidan highlighted that regional countries and extra-regional actors “have to avoid taking an irreversible step,” adding that Turkiye does not want a war in its region. In this regard, he called for the exercise of “common-sense.”

Stressing that there is an urgent need for a cease-fire in Gaza in order to reduce the current tension, he said Israel must also end its attacks on Lebanon and cease “all kinds of aggressive behavior and provocation