In a statement on Sunday, 215 Iranian lawmakers said the ongoing Israeli aggression is aimed at “breaking up the Islamic resistance in Gaza and forcing Hamas as well as Islamic Jihad to surrender.”
“The hollow and savage Zionist regime [of Israel] has once again committed an act of atrocity with the all-out support of the United States and killed tens of innocent people, particularly women and children, in its numerous and extensive attacks against the oppressed and defenseless people of Gaza,” the statement read.
At least 85 Palestinians have been killed and some 700 others wounded since the beginning of the Israeli airstrikes on November 14.
On Saturday, Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas government buildings in Gaza. The Tel Aviv regime also authorized the mobilization of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing for a possible ground invasion.
Meanwhile, an Israeli commander has announced that the ground invasion of the impoverished Palestinian enclave was “definitely” possible.
The Iranian lawmakers added that the Israelis attacked Gaza in order to break up the Islamic resistance in Gaza “after 20 months of harassment operations and political and economic blockade against Syria.”
“The crushing response of the fighters of Gaza and the barrage of missiles against the Zionist regime at the depth of occupied lands proved the Zionist regime’s calculations wrong.”
Declaring their all-out support for the people of Gaza, the Iranian lawmakers said that the innocent people of Palestine would certainly prevail and Israel would suffer defeat.
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