Israel’s US-backed rampage across the Middle East threatens to ignite region-wide war...Russia calls for Middle East to step back from the brink of war...Russia Says the Middle East Is Teetering on the Brink of War

"With Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza now in its tenth month, the Netanyahu regime and its US imperialist paymasters and arms providers are relentlessly pushing the Middle East over the precipice and into the abyss of an all-out regional war.

In what was simultaneously a calculated provocation and an act of extreme recklessness, Israel assassinated Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas’s political wing, in Iran’s capital early Wednesday morning."
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/08/01/pshv-a01.html

"MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday condemned the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and called on all parties to refrain from steps that could tip the Middle East into a major war.
Hamas's Haniyeh was assassinated in the early hours of the morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group said, drawing fears of wider escalation in a region shaken by Israel's war in Gaza and a worsening conflict on the Israel-Lebanon border.
"We strongly condemn the murder of the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, as a result of a rocket attack on his residence in Tehran," Andrei Nastasin, deputy spokesman of Russia's foreign ministry told reporters."
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/russia-calls-killing-hamas-leader-unacceptable-political-murder-ria-reports-2024-07-31/

"MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that the Middle East was teetering the brink of a major war and that key players were continuing to raise the stakes.

"The region is currently balancing on the brink of a global conflict," Andrei Nastasin, deputy spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry, said. "The parties continue to raise the stakes.""
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-07-31/russia-says-the-middle-east-is-teetering-on-the-brink-of-war