The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned “continued Israeli aggression against the sisterly Republic of Lebanon, affirming its complete rejection of targeting Lebanon’s sovereignty and its army”.

“The Kingdom expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the victims, the government, and the brotherly people of Lebanon for the loss of members of the Lebanese army, including officers, while performing their national duty, and expresses its solidarity with Lebanon and its brotherly people in the face of all threats to its security and stability,” it says in a statement posted on X.