In warning to Israel, President Raeisi says warmongering detrimental to Zionists

President Ebrahim Raeisi of Iran has warned Israel that the regional equation has changed and warmongering would be detrimental to the Zionists.

The Iranian president made the remark in a message on Sunday, a day after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched a grand operation without precedent in scale using a heavy barrage of rockets in response to Israel’s desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque and increased settler violence.

“Undoubtedly, the Zionist regime and its supporters are responsible for jeopardizing regional security and must be held accountable.”

President Raeisi urged the Muslim community to stand by the Palestinian people in their struggle against Israel.

The Iranian president also hailed the operation by the resilient Palestinians, which, he said, stoked fear and astonishment throughout the “world of cruelty.”

“Iran invites the whole world to observe the fact that the accumulation of oppression and injustice towards the oppressed Palestinian nation, the continuation of insult to women and prisoners, and the desecration of al-Quds and the first ‘Qibla’ of Muslims, will not last forever and are certain to face the resistance of nations.”

Raeisi reiterated Iran’s support for the legitimate defense of the Palestinian people.

At least 600 Israeli settlers and troops have been killed as a result of Operation al-Aqsa Storm. More than 2,000 Israelis have also been injured.

In the wake of the Palestinian operation, a spokesperson for the Israeli military confirmed that settlers and soldiers are held captive in Gaza. But the spokesperson declined to specify any exact number.

‘We are not attacking civilians’: Hamas says amid Operation Al-Aqsa Storm

Hamas rejected accusations of targeting civilians as the fighting rages across the occupied territories since the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm on Saturday.

Israeli media outlets say by unofficial estimates approximately 750 Israeli soldiers and settlers have been missing.

And in the Gaza Strip hospital officials have recorded the death of 320 Palestinians and the injury of nearly 2,000 others. A large number of buildings, homes, and public facilities have also been badly damaged due to heavy Israeli bombardments.

Raeisi talks developments with resistance leaders

Earlier on Sunday, the Iranian president separately spoke on the phone with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad resistance movements Ismail Haniyeh and Ziad al-Nakhaleh.

The Iranian president told Nakhaleh the Israeli regime is on the verge of collapse and the resistance front is advancing toward peaks of glory.

Raeisi said the Iranian nation has always stood by the freedom-seeking and independent nations, particularly the Palestinian people.

He hailed “brilliant and impressive” victories of the Palestinian resistance fighters and said the events in the occupied territories and the battle against the occupying regime were unprecedented over the past 70 years.

For his part, Nakhaleh expressed appreciation for the support of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and the Iranian people and government for the Palestinian nation. He said the resistance movement would proceed with its victories.

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