Iran president, Malaysia PM:
Western support prolongs Israel’s atrocities in Gaza
Iran and Malaysia criticized the policies adopted by the US and some Western countries toward Gaza, saying that their acts of support for Israel contradict their claims of defending human rights and efforts for the establishment of a cease-fire in the Palestinian territory.
in a phone conversation on Monday, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim underlined that the Western countries’ media and military support for Israel will lead to the continuation of the regime’s crimes against the “oppressed and defenseless people of Gaza.”
The two leaders also emphasized the need for a coordinated action by the Muslim countries to confront Israel’s crimes and stop the genocide unfolding in Gaza.
Pezeshkian and Ibrahim said that holding a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is an effective measure in this regard.
More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli military action since last October. The Gaza Health Ministry says more than 16,456 of those deaths were children.
Alongside the fatalities, satellite image analysis suggests nearly 60% of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since the beginning of the war.
Meanwhile, nearly two million Palestinians have been displaced by the Israeli occupation army and face a grave humanitarian crisis as the war enters its 11th month.
Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023 after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas waged the surprise Operation al-Aqsa Storm against Israel in response to the regime’s decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.