‘We emphatically stand in unflinching support of Palestine; however, we are not involved in Palestine’s response, as it is taken solely by Palestine itself,’ Iran said.
Retaliatory Israeli airstrikes destroyed whole apartment blocks in Gaza City.The newspaper said a final go-ahead was given by Iranian officials at a meeting in Beirut last Monday with representatives from Hamas, Hezbollah and a Lebanese political faction.“We emphatically stand in unflinching support of Palestine; however, we are not involved in Palestine’s response, as it is taken solely by Palestine itself,” Iran’s UN mission said.
He urged Muslim governments to “support the Palestinian nation”, while praising “resistance” efforts by Hamas and Islamic Jihad as well as in countries including Syria, Lebanon and Iraq.
But in a statement following the attack, the Saudi foreign ministry denounced Israeli “occupation forces” and said Hamas’s actions were the “result of the continued occupation and deprivation of the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights”.
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