TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kana'ani warned that the continuation of the
Israeli regime's barbarism can deteriorate the situation in the region.
"The Resistance Front will not turn a blind eye to the atrocities committed by the Zionist regime against the defenseless Palestinians in the Gaza Strip," Kana'ani said in his weekly press briefing on Monday.
Kana'ani warned that the continuation of the current "barbaric approach" by the Israeli regime can inflame the situation in the region and spin it out of control.
"The Palestinian nation has the
right to defend itself, and the regional resistance will not turn a
blind eye to the Zionist crimes," he added.
Kana'ani
said that amid the tragic situation in the Gaza Strip and the brutal
attacks of the Zionist regime on civilians “we are witnessing a historic
courage from a zealous nation that has a thousand-year history in the
land of Palestine".
He pointed out that the Israeli regime is faced with the natural reaction of the Palestinian nation against such cruelty and oppression, and said that today the Palestinians are the most oppressed nation in the world.
Last Saturday, Hamas initiated a multi-pronged surprise military operation via land, sea and air. The group announced it was in response to the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ growing violence against Palestinians. The attacks have so far killed more than 1,400 and injured over 3,800, according to Israeli officials.
Following the multi-front attack by Hamas, Israel carried out heavy bombardment across the Gaza Strip, killing more than 2,700 Palestinians, including hundreds of children and women, and wounding over 9,700 others. Tel Aviv has also ordered a "complete siege" of Gaza, saying he would halt its supply of electricity, food, water and fuel.
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has confirmed that nearly 1 million people have been displaced in one week alone.
Israel’s military has also ordered 1.1 million people living in Northern Gaza to evacuate their homes, amid signs it is set to ramp up its offensive. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled south following the order. The UN has warned it is “impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences".
Human rights groups have stressed that depriving an occupied population of basic necessities is a war crime. Palestinians health officials have warned Gaza is rapidly running out of water and electricity, and the population faces severe shortages of food and medicine. They say hospitals in the besieged territory are under constant bombardment and facing imminent shutdown due to a lack of fuel.
Gaza is one of the most densely populated places on Earth, where some 2 million people live in an area of 140 square miles. It has been almost completely cut off from the rest of the world for nearly 17 years. More than half of its population lives in poverty and is food insecure, with nearly 80% of its population relying on humanitarian assistance.
Tehran says the history of the apartheid regime is full of assassinations, massacre, torture and killing of Palestinian kids, and described Tel Aviv regime's atrocities and massacre of Palestinian women and children as indicative of the destitute of Zionists. Iranian officials say the Tel Aviv regime has been struggling for more than 70 years to exit its identity crisis which has been mixed with genocide, plunder, forced displacement and scores of other inhumane moves.
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