Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. File Photo
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President Ebrahim Raisi stated on Sunday that Iran helps the Palestinians’ proper to self-defence and warned Israel should be held accountable for endangering the area, a day after Hamas attacked Israel.
Palestinian militants from the Iran-backed Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza strip, penetrated Israel at daybreak on Saturday underneath the quilt of an enormous rocket barrage.
Almost 1,000 individuals have been killed within the battle to this point, with Israel reporting greater than 600 lives misplaced and Gaza’s well being ministry placing its toll at 370 lifeless.
“Iran supports the legitimate defence of the Palestinian nation,” Raisi stated, quoted by state tv.
“The Zionist regime (Israel) and its supporters are responsible for endangering the security of nations in the region, and they must be held accountable in this matter.”
He urged Muslim governments to “support the Palestinian nation” whereas praising “resistance” efforts by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in addition to in nations together with Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.
Raisi had spoken earlier with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, official media stated.
State news company IRNA stated he had “discussed the developments in Palestine” in separate telephone calls with Islamic Jihad secretary normal Ziyad al-Nakhalah and Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh.
The Islamic republic hosted talks with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in June.
At the time, Raisi stated Israel was searching for to normalise ties with extra Arab and Muslim nations “to discourage young Palestinians from (seeking to) liberate the occupied territories”, in keeping with the presidency.
On Saturday, lots of of individuals gathered in main cities of Iran, together with in Tehran’s Palestine Square, carrying the Palestinian flag.
They additionally held photos of Iranian normal Qasem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S. drone assault in Baghdad in 2020 after overseeing the Revolutionary Guards’ overseas operations for greater than a decade.
Billboards celebrating the offensive Hamas has dubbed “Al-Aqsa Flood” had been put in within the capital, together with one declaring: “The great liberation operation has begun”.
Crowds in some cities set off fireworks and torched Israeli flags.
Others marched in Palestinian colors whereas motorists honked their horns in jubilation, as seen in video footage from IRNA.
Iran doesn’t recognise Israel and has made help for the Palestinian trigger a centrepiece of its overseas coverage because the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The bitter rivals have engaged in a shadow battle for years, with Iran accusing Israel of a sequence of sabotage assaults and assassinations focusing on its nuclear programme.
The United States and Israel have beforehand accused Iran of utilizing drones and missiles to assault U.S. forces and Israel-linked ships within the Gulf.
Source: www.thehindu.com
