Ayatollah Khamenei charged that Israel “has so a ways failed” in reaching its declared aim of destroying Hamas.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated Sunday Israel has suffered a “defeat” in its battle in opposition to Iran-backed Palestinian militant team Hamas, and that it used to be “a fact”.
Israel has been pounding the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip considering the fact that gunmen stormed throughout the border on October 7, killing about 1,200 people, mainly civilians, in accordance to Israeli officials.
The Hamas authorities says Israel’s bombing marketing campaign and floor invasion have killed greater than 12,300 humans in the slender Palestinian territory, along with greater than 5,000 children.
In a speech at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps aerospace pressure centre in the capital Tehran, Khamenei stated “the defeat of the Zionist regime (Israel) in Gaza is a fact.”
“Advancing and coming into hospitals or people’s houses is no longer a victory, due to the fact victory capability defeating the different side,” he said.
Khamenei charged that Israel “has so a long way failed” in accomplishing its declared intention of destroying Hamas “despite the big bombings” of Gaza.
“This incapacity displays the incapability of the United States and Western countries” which lower back Israel, he added.
Iran, which helps Hamas financially and militarily, has hailed the October 7 assaults a “success” however denied any direct involvement.
Tehran has made help for the Palestinian motive a centrepiece of its overseas coverage due to the fact that the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Khamenei stated Israel has “killed hundreds of young people besides any remorse” because, as he claimed, “Zionists reflect onconsideration on themselves to be a most reliable race.”
During his visit, the Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace pressure unveiled new defence structures and drones, kingdom media said, and Khamenei inspected a drone which carried the identify “Gaza”.
The pressure additionally unveiled Fattah 2, an upgraded model of a hypersonic missile unveiled in June.
Khamenei advised Muslim international locations which have formal family members with Israel to “cut off” these ties and halt trade.
“Some Islamic governments… have now not but condemned (Israel’s movements in Gaza), however this is no longer acceptable,” he said.
