Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized visits by Western leaders to Israel amid attacks on the Jewish state in the Gaza Strip. transmits Press TV. In his view, the United States is “certainly complicit” in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians in the region.
“Islamic governments should not remain passive in the face of criminals. Victory definitely belongs to Palestine,” Khamenei said.
He added that visits by Western leaders to Israel show that they fear the collapse of the Jewish state. Khamenei emphasized that this is especially true for the United States, which “manipulates” Israel’s crimes.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. Against this background, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords”; One of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. The Israeli Air Force launched an attack on hundreds of militant targets in the Gaza Strip, and the country’s National Security Council decided to cut off water, food, goods, electricity and fuel supplies to the region. Israel announced to the UN on October 13 that 1.1 million Palestinians would be evacuated to southern Gaza ahead of the ground operation.
Previously in Jordan accused The West is complicit in the suffering in Gaza.