The State of Qatar has urged the international community to immediately act to defuse the tension and spare the Middle East region the peril of being dragged into a new vortex of conflicts. It urged all parties to de-escalate the situation and exercise maximum restraint, stressing that the worrying developments that have been unfolding in the region during the past days underscore, Qatar's repeated warning of the peril of the spillover of conflict, unless the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip is ceased.