Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Thursday, “It has now become inevitable to expand the scope of the war, due to the increasing intensity of the Israeli war against the civilian population in Gaza.”
Abdullahian said in a post on the “X” platform, “The time for Tel Aviv’s crimes to continue is quickly approaching its end.” The Iranian minister added that the war that Israel has been waging against Gaza for more than a month has clearly shown “the criminal, violent and aggressive face of the Zionist entity in its extermination of women and children in Gaza.”
Also on Thursday, a phone call took place between Abdullahian and the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, during which they discussed and exchanged views on the latest developments related to Palestine and the current crisis in Gaza.
For his part, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said Thursday that the escalation of what he described as crimes in Gaza will complicate the situation in Palestine and the region. He added during his speech at the Economic Cooperation Organization summit in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, that comprehensive Western support for Israel is an essential factor in the continuation of the war.
The Iranian President also said that Israel is deterred by some countries cutting off their political and economic relations with him.
Iran stressed that it does not seek to expand the circle of war in the region, but it has repeatedly warned that Tel Aviv’s persistence in its comprehensive war on Gaza will lead to the expansion of the confrontation across the region.
In late October, the Iranian Foreign Minister said that continuing to kill women and children would lead to the loss of patience among the resistance forces and the peoples of the region.
The Israeli army announced on Thursday night that it was escalating its attacks and supporting the ground advance of its forces inside the Gaza Strip, while fierce clashes were taking place with Palestinian faction fighters on several fronts in the Strip.
For his part, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of martyrs of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip had risen since the start of the war to “10,812 martyrs, including 4,412 children, 2,918 women, 667 elderly people, and 26,905 injured people.”
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2023-11-10 03:53:45
