Over 830 Lebanese have been killed and some 3200 wounded since the start of Israel's military operations. Most of them are civilians including women and children. The number of replaced persons reached 900 thousand. A great damage was caused to the civic infrastructure and ecology, Lebanese Ambassador to Russia Assem Jaber said at a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov. The Ambassador of Arab states accredited in Moscow thanked Russia for efforts targeted at ceasefire and political settlement in the Near East.

The Russian party confirmed the determination to press for immediate stop of bloodshed and restoration of the peaceful process. "Neither of the sides can count for victory in this conflict," Alexander Saltanov said.