Iran Ready to Provide Medical Services for Injured Gazans: Minister

In the statement, Iranian Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi condemned the recent Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip and said the Islamic Republic is ready to provide the injured Palestinians with medicines and medical treatment.

“The hospitals of the Islamic Republic of Iran are prepared to admit the wounded (Palestinians) who are in need of medical care and complex surgeries,” the statement added.

The Iranian minister also said that the Israeli regime has prevented the convoys of food and medicine from entering the Gaza Strip and is continuing to target medical teams and rescue workers.

Denying defenseless Palestinians their basic humanitarian needs is a violation of human rights, he added.

Qazizadeh Hashemi further called on that international organizations to take action to halt these inhumane crimes immediately and pave the way for sending aid to the besieged people of Gaza.

He also wrote separate letters to his counterparts in Muslim nations, expressing deep concern about the deteriorating situation in Gaza, which he said, could lead to a huge humanitarian catastrophe.

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to more than 500 people on Monday as the Israeli offensive entered its 14th day.

Since the beginning of the offensive with coastal attacks around two weeks ago, 501 Palestinians have been killed and 3,150 injured, a spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry, Ashraf al-Qudra, said on Twitter.

A fresh air strike on Monday morning killed a family of nine, including seven children, after a weekend of incessant shelling by land, sea and air sent thousands of terrified civilians fleeing their homes.

Qudra said many of the more than 150 Palestinians killed on Sunday -the bloodiest day of fighting in Gaza in years- were women and children.