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According to the BBC, Turkey's Anadolu Agency and the Associated Press, on August 12 local time, the leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement expressing support for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, "We agree that there can be no further delay."

In addition, the statement called on Iran and its allies not to further escalate the conflict and jeopardize the chances of reaching a ceasefire agreement and releasing the hostages.

On August 10, local time, the Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza killed more than 100 people. Visual China

According to reports, French President Macron, German Chancellor Scholz and British Prime Minister Starmer signed a joint statement on the 12th local time. The statement said that they welcomed the efforts made by Qatar, Egypt and the United States to promote a ceasefire and release hostages in the Gaza Strip.

"We agree that there can be no further delay." The statement said that the conflict should stop immediately, those detained by Hamas must be released, and the people of the Gaza Strip should have unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance.

In addition, the statement also said, "We are deeply concerned about the increased tensions in the region and are committed to easing tensions and achieving regional stability. In this context, we especially call on Iran and its allies not to launch retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions and jeopardize the chances of reaching a ceasefire agreement and releasing hostages."

On August 12, local time, Starmer had a 30-minute phone call with Iranian President Pezerhchiyan. During the call, Starmer called on Iran not to attack Israel.

Starmer said he was deeply concerned about the situation in the region and called on all parties to ease the situation and avoid further regional confrontation, his office said in a statement. He called on Iran not to attack Israel and said war was not in anyone's interest.

Starmer also stressed that he supports an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, and increased humanitarian aid to Gaza, and that all parties should focus on achieving these goals through diplomatic negotiations.

In addition, Scholz also spoke with Pezechi on the 12th, calling on the latter to do everything possible to prevent the situation in the Middle East from escalating further. Scholz also stressed that he called for a final ceasefire agreement. His office said this was an important contribution to easing the situation in the region.

Tensions in the Middle East have been escalating since the assassinations of senior officials from Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas Political Bureau, was killed in an attack in Tehran on July 31. Both Hamas and Iran accused Israel of launching the attack and vowed revenge.

On August 1, local time, in Tehran, Iran, Iranians gathered at the Islamic Revolution Square to attend the funeral of the late Hamas leader Haniyeh and his bodyguards. Visual China

Ali Mohammad Naini, spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said on the 11th local time that Iran will respond to Israel's "stupid behavior" at the "appropriate time".

The U.S. Department of Defense issued a statement on the evening of the 11th local time, saying that U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin has ordered the USS Georgia cruise missile nuclear submarine to go to the Middle East, and at the same time asked the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to speed up its journey to the region.

The Times of Israel quoted two sources on the 11th local time as saying that Israel assesses that Iran will launch a retaliatory attack on Israel in the next few days.

According to the Associated Press, the White House confirmed Israel's assessment on the 12th local time that Iran may launch an attack on Israel as early as this week.

Earlier reports showed that the Israeli Defense Forces attacked a school in the Gaza Strip on the 10th local time. The Gaza Strip Media Office said that the attack has killed more than 100 people and injured dozens of people. The school that was attacked is located in the Daraj neighborhood in the center of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip. The school is a shelter for local displaced persons. When the attack occurred, local residents were praying in the school's prayer hall in the early morning.

But Israel insisted that the target of the Israeli army's attack was the "Hamas command post" and that the air strike did not cause "significant damage" to the school.

The IDF said in a statement that it had used three "precision-guided bombs" to strike two "Hamas command posts," killing 19 "Hamas and Jihad militants." IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari also claimed that the casualty figures released by the Gaza government did not match the information the IDF had.

According to reports, data released by the Gaza Strip health department on the 12th local time showed that since the outbreak of a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict on October 7 last year, 39,897 Palestinians have died and more than 92,000 people have been injured.

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