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California’s raging fires reminiscent of Israeli savagery in Gaza: Zarif
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the former Iranian foreign minister, expressed sympathy with Californians in a post on his X account on Friday after an ongoing series of multiple catastrophic wildfires have affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and surrounding regions, Press TV reported.
“Grim footage out of California is reminiscent of ravaged homes, schools and hospitals in Gaza,” Zarif wrote.
“It’s only human to sympathize with Californians who’ve lost everything to wrath of nature—particularly as many there have stood with Gazans who lost everything to savagery of Israel.”
Since Tuesday, the fires, engulfing iconic Los Angeles neighborhoods and tearing through the Hollywood Hills, have so far killed 10 people and destroyed nearly 10,000 structures, Reuters reported.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said late on Thursday he expected the death toll to grow.
As of early Friday, five fires were still burning. They have consumed more than 34,000 acres and turned entire neighborhoods to ash.
Zarif’s post comes as the Israel has since October last year killed at least 46,006 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 109,378 others, in Gaza after razing almost the entire besieged territory to the ground.
Washington, Israel’s biggest ally and weapons supplier, has repeatedly vetoed UN Security Council resolutions on a cease-fire in Gaza and has since provided the regime with unstinting intelligence, financial and logistical support.