Leader: Palestinian resistance in Gaza will bring Israel to its knees
Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the resistance and steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip will bring the Israeli regime to its knees.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Qur’an reciters and memorizers on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in the capital Tehran on Tuesday.
“Today, what is coming to pass in Gaza is the apex of crime, malice and brutality,” the Leader said as he pointed to the 158th day of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
“The [Palestinian] resistance is still standing strong and will bring the Zionists to their knees.”
The Leader also said it is a disgrace to Western civilization that Israel has committed unprecedented crimes in Gaza, such as the killing of children and babies through starvation and thirst.
“Although the Zionists have all kinds of weapons and aid coming from the United States and the West, they have not been able to do anything whatsoever in the face of the unique patience of the people of Gaza and the resilience of resistance fighters.”
Children casualties
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday more children have been reported killed in the war raging in Gaza than in four years of conflict around the world, AFP reported.
“Staggering. The number of children reported killed in just over 4 months in #Gaza is higher than the number of children killed in 4 years of wars around the world combined,” Philippe Lazzarini said on X, formerly Twitter.
“This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future,” Lazzarini said.
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell also criticized the lack of aid entering Gaza as a “manmade” disaster on Tuesday, telling the UN Security Council that hunger was being used as a “war arm.”
“This humanitarian crisis... is not a natural disaster, is not a flood, is not an earthquake, it is manmade,” said Borrell at UN headquarters in New York.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 31,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.