Reactions to Israel Firing Gaza: Iran urges response
Reactions to Israel Firing Gaza: Iran urges response

Israel’s assassination of a senior Palestinian resistance commander has opened the floodgates of reactions to Israel firing Gaza, with Palestinians and their allies warning of strong repercussions and Israel-friendly parties sufficing to voice “concern” about the escalation. Baha Abu al-Ata, 42, the commander of Al-Quds Brigades — the Palestinian resistance movement of Islamic Jihad’s military […]

Israel’s assassination of a senior Palestinian resistance commander has opened the floodgates of reactions to Israel firing Gaza, with Palestinians and their allies warning of strong repercussions and Israel-friendly parties sufficing to voice “concern” about the escalation.

Baha Abu al-Ata, 42, the commander of Al-Quds Brigades — the Palestinian resistance movement of Islamic Jihad’s military wing — and his wife were martyred during an Israeli aerial assault against their home in Gaza City in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Iran News covers the reactions to Israel firing Gaza.

The Israeli army confirmed the airstrike afterward, saying it had taken place against Gaza’s Shejaiya area. The operation, it added, had been recommended by the Chief of Staff and the Shin Bet domestic security service and approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Iran: Israeli war criminals must be punished

Iran on Tuesday robustly condemned Israel’s assassination of Ata, urging legal action against Israeli “war criminals” responsible for such an act of terror.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said “the occupiers of Palestine have to be subjected to legal proceedings and punishment at international tribunals as war criminals” over the assassination.

The Iranian official denounced the silence and inaction of international organizations and circles in the face of the Israeli regime’s acts of aggression and terrorism.

“Unfortunately, on the back of the support lent to this bloodthirsty and infanticidal regime, crimes and assassinations against the Palestinian people and fighters have continued both inside and outside the occupied territories.”

Moussavi was apparently referring to the unconditioned backing provided to Israel by its closest ally the United States — which routinely casts its veto against the United Nations’ resolutions issued against the regime — as well as other instances of support given to Tel Aviv by its other allies.

The spokesman urged regional and international bodies to act on their humanitarian and legal responsibility by throwing their weight behind the defenseless and oppressed people of Palestine and helping stop Israel’s acts of terror.

He also hailed the Palestinian people’s “legitimate and heroic” struggle and considered unity and resistance to being the only choices they can adopt in the face of the Israeli usurpers.

Ramallah slams Israel’s ‘heinous crime’

Meanwhile, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority condemned Ata’s assassination as a “hideous crime” in a statement published on the official Palestinian News Agency WAFA.

The Authority “called on the international community to provide protection for the Palestinian people everywhere.”

  • source : PressTV, Iran News