‘Israel’ Committed Political Suicide by Gaza Onslaught - Iran Defense Minister

By Staff, Agencies

‘Israel’ has committed “political suicide” by its brutal attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said.

Speaking in a phone call with Syrian counterpart Ali Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, Ashtiani denounced the Zionist regime’s relentless airstrikes on Gaza as a “violation of all rules of war and human rights.”

They hurt the free consciences of all Muslim nations and awakened the world to the crimes of the bloodthirsty regime, he said.

‘Israel’ waged the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance groups launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a surprise attack into the occupied territories in response to the ‘Israeli’ regime’s intensified crimes against the Palestinian people.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the ‘Israeli’ onslaught on Gaza has so far left over 4,740 Palestinians martyred, including more than 1,900 children.

Ashtiani said ‘Israel’ knows no boundaries in its acts of aggression against the people of Gaza, which, he maintained, have been greenlit and supported by the United States and its Western allies.

He also lauded the great achievements reached by Palestinian fighters during the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, saying they exposed the true nature of the “Zionist regime” to the world.

The ‘Israeli’ regime is trying to avenge its unprecedented operational and intelligence failure by killing innocent Palestinian children and people, Ashtiani added.

The continuation of Gaza’s blockade and severe restrictions as well as acts of obstruction in the way of the dispatch of humanitarian aid to the strip would lead to a humanitarian catastrophe, the Iranian defense minister warned.

He also condemned the Zionist regime’s deadly airstrikes on Syria’s two main airports in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo, saying the regime was trying in vain to convey the message that it is capable of giving a decisive response on all fronts.

However, the regime is more fragile and fake than perceived, Iran’s defense minister asserted.

The Syrian defense minister, for his part, hailed Iran’s special attention to issues pertaining to Syria and the resistance front, saying the blood of the Palestinian martyrs would definitely disgrace the Zionists.

Abbas argued that ‘Israel’s’ attacks on Aleppo and Damascus airports exposed the regime’s internal weaknesses.

He noted that the ‘Israeli’ aggression on Gaza exposed the vicious nature of the regime’s supporters, prompting all Arab and Muslim nations, as well as the free people of the world, to stand with the Palestinian people.

This promises the collapse of the criminals and the beginning of a great development, which is the defeat of the Zionist regime, the Syrian defense minister said.