today's meeting between sergey lavrov and his colleague, the head of the saudi arabian mfa, heisal bin farhan al-saud they also talked about the situation in yemen, where houthi attacks pose a serious threat to shipping in the red sea, and of course one of the central topics is the palestinian-israeli conflict, another round of escalation, the situation in the gaza strip threatens to spread to neighboring states in the region, just over the weekend israel launched another massive strike on hezbollah targets in lebanon in response to an attack on its northern borders, tensions are also heightened by the terrorist attack on the border with jordan, where several civilians were killed in a shootout, russia, as and the arab countries advocate the creation of an independent palestinian state that is capable of regulating all processes in the region and, of course, advocates the normalization of the situation on the basis of the united nations charter. the inability of the world community to stop the fighting in the gaza strip and stop the mass deaths of its inhabitants has led to a sharp deterioration in t