Iran: Vanquished Israel ramps up Rafah attacks to make up for 'unprecedented' defeats

Iran's Interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says Israel's crimes in the Gaza Strip and its southern city of Rafah aim to make up for the regime's "unprecedented" defeats in various fields.

Speaking in a phone conversation with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Friday, Bagheri Kani said dozens of innocent and defenseless Palestinian women and children were killed in "bitter and catastrophic" incidents in Rafah in the recent days.

He added that such barbaric attacks leave another disgraceful stain on Israel's record of crimes.

The interim foreign minister emphasized that all Muslim countries in the region are duty-bound to boost cooperation and adopt practical measures to support the oppressed people of Palestine in Gaza, particularly in Rafah.

Israel's three-week-old Rafah offensive stirred renewed outrage after an airstrike on Sunday set ablaze a tent camp in the west of the city.

The strike killed some 50 people, including many children, prompting global condemnations and calls for the implementation of a World Court order to halt Israel's assault on Gaza.

The attack came two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to stop its US-backed aggression on Gaza that has killed at least 36,284 people and injured 82,057 others since it started in October last year.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Bagheri Kani hailed Saudi Arabia's move to provide facilities to the Iranian pilgrims in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and expressed Iran's full readiness to cooperate with Riyadh in holding the Hajj rituals.

'Israel knows no bounds for genocide'

The Saudi foreign minister, for his part, pointed to the recent tragic incidents in Gaza and Rafah and said Israel knows no boundaries to its criminal measures against the people of Palestine.

In a phone call with Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf on Friday, Bagheri Kani hailed Algeria's efforts and initiatives to circulate a draft UN Security Council resolution to "stop the killing" in Rafah.

He urged Muslim countries to take an urgent and joint action to stop the occupying regime's crimes against the Palestinian people and increase aid delivery to the oppressed Gazans.

The interim foreign minister proposed an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss Israel's criminal acts against the Palestinians which was welcomed by Attaf.

Algeria, representing Arab countries on the council, shared the draft resolution with the 15 council members on Tuesday evening after emergency talks about the intensifying Israeli aggression in Rafah.

The Algerian foreign minister, for his part, said Israel's attacks on Rafah blocked the dispatch of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

Attaf said Algiers supports any collective and immediate initiatives by Muslim countries with the purpose of achieving a ceasefire and easing the sufferings of Palestinians living in Gaza.

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