Preparations made for Iran’s crushing response to Israeli aggression: Leader’s aide

A political advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says groundwork has already been made for a “severe and crushing” response to Israel over its assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. 

“Legal, diplomatic & media processes laid the ground for severely punishing a regime that only understands language of force," Ali Shamkhani wrote in a post published on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.

Haniyeh, who was in Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian, was martyred along with his bodyguard in an attack early on July 31.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution warned the Israeli regime of a “harsh response” for Haniyeh’s assassination, calling it the Islamic Republic’s duty to avenge the Palestinian resistance leader’s blood.

“The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our homeland and left us bereaved, but it also set the ground for a harsh punishment for itself,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

Iran’s crushing revenge, heroic resistance to expedite Israel’s annihilation: Quds Force chief

An Iranian commander says says Iran’s harsh punishment of the Israeli regime for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, and anti-occupation struggle by the regional resistance front will speed up the Israeli regime’s elimination.

Shamkhani also vehemently denounced the Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City that killed more than 100 Palestinians and wounded dozens of others early on Saturday.

“The only goal of Israel in killing worshipers at the al-Tabin School in Gaza and assassinating martyr Haniyeh in Iran is warmongering & derailing truce talks,” the senior Iranian official argued.

Local media reports, citing witness accounts, said there were about 250 people inside the prayer hall at the school when it was struck by Israeli bombs while displaced people were performing the dawn prayer.

Witness accounts suggest many of the dead and injured are civilians, including women, children and the elderly.

Over 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on school in Gaza

More than 100 Palestinians have been killed following Israeli airstrikes on a school sheltering displaced people in the east of the Gaza Strip as the occupying regime presses ahead with a months-long aggression on the besieged territory.

Ismail al-Thawabta, head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, said the Israeli military used three bombs weighing 2,000 pounds (907kg) each in its attack on the al-Tabin school in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighborhood.

Thawabta added that Israel was aware of the presence of displaced people inside the school.

Local sources said there is a huge influx of people pouring into the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City after the Israeli attack on the al-Tabin school. Many of those arriving are in critical condition.

“Many are arriving either soaked in blood or already pronounced dead,” a source said, adding that the medical facility is on the brink of collapse and unable to provide adequate medical care.

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