He noted that "the Middle East region is not on some other continent."
“This is a region adjacent to us.
And the fact that this conflict really poses a danger in the event of uncontrolled growth and continuation is obvious, because many countries are in rather difficult relations, and therefore the atmosphere in this region ... In general, the region has a rather fragile security system, "said Sands.
According to him, "the huge deficit of mutual trust and the long-standing potential of regional conflicts, of course, do not contribute to the stabilization of the region."
The spokesman stressed that "it is very important not to let events take the form of a power scenario."
“Therefore, very energetic efforts are now being made along the line of the quartet ... in order to stop this exchange of blows,” Peskov added.
On May 16, special representatives of the Middle East Quartet of international mediators held emergency consultations in a teleconference format.
Earlier it was reported that Israeli fighters attacked 35 military installations and 15 km of Hamas tunnels in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Also, the press service of the Israeli troops reported that 60 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip in 12 hours - from 19:00 Moscow time on May 16 to 07:00 Moscow time on May 17 - 60 missiles were fired into Israel.