Russian general says Israel could "cease to exist as a state" amid West Asia conflict

Moscow [Russia], August 19 (ANI): The ongoing conflict in West Asia could ultimately result in Israel ceasing to exist as a state, Lieutenant General Apti Alaudinov, deputy chief of the Russian Armed Forces' Main Military-Political Department and commander of the Akhmat special forces unit, told TASS. 'We must realise that the war in the Middle East will only escalate,' Alaudinov said.