According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian, Beijing is deeply concerned that this incident could lead to further regional instability.

“China has always advocated the settlement of regional disputes through negotiation and dialogue, and Gaza should achieve a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire as soon as possible to avoid further escalation of conflict and confrontation,” he added.

Palestinian factions announced Wednesday a general strike in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

The attack is part of the policy of “Zionist state terrorism and the war of extermination, destruction and murder” that its army is pushing in the occupied territories, they stressed in a joint statement.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today decreed a day of national mourning following the assassination of the top figure of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Tehran, where he was visiting to attend the assumption, yesterday, of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

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