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Israel’s atrocious campaign in Gaza bears no military value: Iran Army chief

Friday, 10 November 2023 10:48 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 10 November 2023 10:56 AM ]

Israeli soldiers walk through rubble amid the ongoing ground invasion in the northern Gaza Strip on November 8, 2023. (Photo by Reuters)

The chief commander of the Iranian Army has strongly censured the ongoing Israeli military onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing that the atrocious campaign in the besieged territory bears no military value.

Speaking at a Thursday ceremony in the western Iranian city of Saqqez, Kordestan Province, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said Operation al-Aqsa Storm on October 7 was a "turning point" in the battles to liberate Palestinian lands, noting that it accelerated the downfall of the Israeli regime.

He also echoed earlier remarks by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei that the irreparable defeat that the Tel Aviv regime sustained in the wake of the large-scale operation cannot be repaired through atrocities and vicious attacks.

“The barbaric actions being committed nowadays in the Gaza Strip are devoid of any military value. Aerial bombardments of defenseless, vulnerable and unarmed people taking refuge in houses, schools, public facilities and hospitals are not worth even a single second in comparison with the infiltration into the intelligence and operational barriers of the ominous [Israeli] regime. It (Israel) cannot reverse the defeat,” Mousavi pointed out.

The high-ranking Iranian military figure went on to say that Israeli war crimes once again exposed the true nature of the United States and its bogus claims to advocate for human rights, and reintroduced Palestine as the primary issue of the Muslim world and the international community.

Iran FM: Time running out for Israel to continue its crimes; future belongs to Palestine

Iran’s foreign minister says time is running out for Israel to continue its brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip as it nears its collapse.

Mousavi emphasized that Operation al-Aqsa Storm, along with the support of freedom-loving people worldwide and the heroic steadfastness of Gazans, showed once again that the Israeli regime is weaker than a "spider's web," and will "collapse sooner than expected."

Israeli strikes in the besieged Gaza Strip have killed at least 10,818 people, including 2,918 women and 4,412 children.

Another 26,900 people have been wounded as well. At least 2,650 individuals are reported missing, including at least 1,400 children, who are still trapped under the rubble waiting to be rescued.

The Israeli regime launched the war after Gaza's resistance groups conducted Operation al-Aqsa Storm, their biggest operation against the occupying entity in years. Since the onset of the war, the United States has backed Israel's ferocious attacks on the Palestinian territory as a means of "self-defense."

Late last month, Washington vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that calls on the occupying regime to cease its war.

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