{"id":39212,"date":"2023-10-21T14:59:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T14:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/?p=39212"},"modified":"2023-10-21T14:59:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T14:59:32","slug":"israel-hamas-war-out-of-control-as-china-deploys-warships-to-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/world-news\/israel-hamas-war-out-of-control-as-china-deploys-warships-to-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Hamas war ‘out of control’ as China deploys warships to Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaza: Black smoke rises following large explosion<\/h3>\n

China has deployed six military warships to the Middle East, amid growing fears that the Israel-Hamas war could spark an all-out war.<\/p>\n

China’s 44th naval escort task force has been involved in what it says are ‘routine’ operations in the area for the past week.<\/p>\n

The ships, from the People\u2019s Liberation Army Eastern Theatre, left Oman on Saturday and it is unclear where they are travelling to next.<\/p>\n

The Chinese naval ships took part in a joint military exercise with the Omani navy in Muscat.<\/p>\n

As part of the joint exercises, Chinese military commanders met with Middle Eastern military counterparts and visited military bases.<\/p>\n

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The PLA naval unit has been moving around the Middle East and helped escort shipping boats since arriving in the Gulf of Aden north of Somalia six months ago.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping insisted that a two-state solution was the only way out of the current war between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe top priority now is a ceasefire as soon as possible, to avoid the conflict from expanding or even spiraling out of control and causing a serious humanitarian crisis.”<\/p>\n

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This comes amid growing concern in the international community that the war in Israel and Gaza could spill over into a regional conflict.<\/p>\n

There have been almost daily clashes between Israel and Hezbollah across the Lebanon border, fueling fear of new fronts opening almost two weeks into the war.<\/p>\n

The powerful Iran-backed group is based in Lebanon, and it has a large arsenal of long-range rockets.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Israel announced the evacuation of the roughly 20,000 residents of the town of Kiryat Shmona, near the Lebanese border.<\/p>\n