US blurs Israel’s ’total collapse’: FM
The Iranian foreign minister said if it were not for the United States’ all-out support, Israel would have faced “total collapse” following a historic operation by the Palestinian resistance more than four months ago.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks during a meeting with about 15 officials from different Palestinian groups in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, Press TV reported.
“The Israeli regime totally collapsed after Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, and if it were not for the US’s all-out meddling in the field in support of the Zionist regime and its efforts to resurrect and save it, this collapse would have been completely visible,” he said.
Amir-Abdollahian said many believe that “the Israeli regime and the US government achieved none of their declared goals since the beginning of the war on Gaza, and they are now forced to hold political talks with Hamas, whose demise Tel Aviv and Washington had called for.”
The top Iranian diplomat also noted that the struggle and resilience of the resistance groups, as well as the sacrifices of people in Gaza and the West Bank, and the practical unity of the Axis of Resistance in solidarity with Palestine helped the nation defeat the occupying regime.
The Palestinian officials, for their part, hailed Iran’s support for the Palestinian issue as “outstanding and distinct and practical and real.”
Also, in a joint press conference on Sunday with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad, Amir-Abdollahian said the besieged Gaza Strip has turned into a graveyard for Israeli regime soldiers more than four months into the war. He also blamed the US and its supply of weapons to Israel for the continuation of hostilities in Gaza.