Backing the Palestinian cause has been a pillar of the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution as the Shi’ite-dominated country has sought to portray itself as a leader of the Muslim world.
Israel, which Tehran refuses to recognise, has long accused Iran’s clerical rulers of stoking violence by supplying arms to Hamas. Tehran says it gives moral and financial support to the group.
“We must respond, we must react to what is happening in Gaza,” Khamenei said.
Israeli officials should face trial for their actions against the Palestinians in Gaza, he added.
Separately, the Revolutionary Guards deputy commander-in-chief, Ali Fadavi, warned of more attacks by militants if Israel did not stop what he called its atrocities in Gaza, the Fars news agency reported.
“The resistance front’s shocks against the Zionist regime will continue until this ‘cancerous tumour’ is eradicated from the world map,” Fadavi said.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that supporting the Palestinians was Iran’s foreign policy priority but the militant groups make their own independent decisions.
Source: CNA
