Iran condemns Israel for killing, starving Palestinians in Gaza

Alsharq Tribune-AFP 

Iran on Tuesday strongly condemned Israel for killing Palestinians in Gaza and depriving the coastal enclave's residents of food, water, medicine and other daily necessities.

In a statement, the foreign ministry expressed deep concern over the exacerbation of the humanitarian disaster in Gaza as a result of Israel's "horrible crimes."

It called on the international community and countries in the West Asia region to take immediate, effective and decisive actions to stop the "genocide and reduce the pain and suffering of the oppressed Palestinians."

Israel's continuation of Gaza's "inhumane siege, brutal bombing of the centers sheltering displaced people and turning places for distributing humanitarian aid into traps for the targeting and mass killing of hungry and thirsty people are proof of the cruelty and atrocity of Israel and its supporters," it said.

Gaza's health authorities said on Tuesday that at least 8,268 Palestinians were killed and 30,470 others injured in Gaza during the period from Israel resuming military operations there on March 18. The death toll amounted to 59,106 with 142,511 injured since October 2023 when the Gaza war erupted.

The authorities also reported 15 more deaths, including four children, from starvation and malnutrition in the past 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll to 101, including 80 children, since March.