Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has shut down talk of normalisation between the kingdom and Israel as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread. The prince explicitly stated that an 'independent Palestinian state' is a condition for normalisation. The tougher tone from Saudi Arabia comes as exploding walkie-talkies killed members of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, raising fears of a wider war. The Saudi position on normalisation with Israel has always been clear, according to a government adviser.