Iran Condemns Escalation of Israeli Attacks on Palestinians
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned an intensification of the Israeli strikes against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and the brutal massacre of Palestinian children and women.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Baqaei referred to the latest reports from the international organizations, including the FAO, the UNICEF and the UNRWA, saying, “The Israeli regime’s move to kill Palestinians, destroy the vital infrastructures, ravage the medical and health centers, prevent the delivery of humanitarian aids and necessary goods, lay a full siege on Gaza, and cut off the water, electricity and fuel are clear examples of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.”
He stressed that the Zionist regime’s officials must be prosecuted and stand trial for those heinous crimes.
“As the commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has asserted, the defenseless people of Gaza, particularly the children and women, are suffering from severe bombings on a daily basis, extensive hunger, illnesses, and forced displacement, and are prone to systematic destruction. These measures are overtly taking place with the intention of ethnic cleansing and erasure of the Palestinian nation,” Baqaei stated.
The Iranian spokesman further called on the international community, specifically the UN Security Council, to act immediately and decisively to avert the continuation of genocide in Gaza and the West Bank and to pave the way for the punishment of the perpetrators of those Israeli crimes.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 51,000 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 116,343 wounded in Israel’s war on the enclave since October 2023.
The Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
