Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned the United States and Israel on Sunday that the situation could get out of control in the Middle East if the two countries do not “immediately put an end to crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza.”
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“Today the region has become like a powder keg… I would like to warn the United States and the Israeli puppet regime that if they do not immediately put an end to the crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza, anything is possible at any moment and at any time.” “The region will spiral out of control,” Amir Abdullahian said during a statement with his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor in Tehran.
The international community fears an extension of the war that began on October 7 between Hamas and Israel, and of greater involvement, in particular, of the Lebanese Hezbollah, an ally of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, which is supported by Iran.
The United States announced the reinforcement of its military assets in the region to prevent a large-scale fire.
Mr. Amir Habdolahian warned that “any miscalculation in the continuation of the conflict, genocide, massacre and forced migration of the population of Gaza and the West Bank could have dire consequences” for the region and “against the interests of the aggressor states.” .
For her part, Ms. Pandor called on the international community to “pay more attention” to the fate of the Palestinians in the context of the “shameful attack” on Gaza.
More than 1,400 people were killed in Israel, the majority of them civilians, shot, burned alive or mutilated on the day of the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, according to Israeli authorities.
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In the Gaza Strip, at least 4,651 Palestinians, most of them civilians, were killed in sustained bombardment by the Israeli army in response, according to the Health Ministry of Hamas, which controls the Palestinian territories.
Iran praised the Hamas attack, but made clear that it was not involved.
