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Iran, Saudi discuss the Israeli aggression against Gaza

12 October 2023; MEMO: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday discussed with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman the latest developments in Gaza.

This came in the first phone call between them since they restored ties in March, according to a post by the Deputy Head of the Iranian President’s Office for Political Affairs, Mohammad Jamshidi, on X.

Jamshidi said that “Raisi and Mohammed Bin Salman’s call lasted for 45 minutes.”

60% of Gaza injuries afflict women, children: Health official

11 October 2023; AA: Women and children in Gaza are suffering approximately 60% of the injuries resulting from ongoing Israeli bombardment of the region, said the Palestinian Health Ministry in the embattled enclave on Wednesday.

Yusuf Abu al-Reesh, deputy health minister in Gaza, told Anadolu: "60% of the injuries caused by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have impacted women and children."

Israel fascist policies root cause of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm: Knesset member

Tehran, IRNA – A member of the Zionist regime’s legislation body has acknowledged that the Tel Aviv regime’s fascist policies that have been leading to the massacre of Palestinian people should be blamed for the onset of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm by Palestinian resistance against the regime.

In an interview with Al Jazeera TV network, member of the Knesset and leftist Hadash coalition Ofer Cassif said he warned earlier that the circumstances would erupt if the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not change its policies towards the Palestinian people.

Iran FM stresses Palestinians right to self defense

Tehran, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned about the occurrence of a great human catastrophe in occupied Palestine, and stressed the Palestinians' right to self defense.

Amirabdollahian wrote his letter to the UN secretary-general Antoon Tuesday, warning about the occurrence of a great human catastrophe in occupied Palestine.

Iraqi al-Nujaba warns US to avoid meddling in war on occupied lands

Tehran, IRNA – Secretary General of the Islamic Resistance Movement of Iraq (Al-Nujaba) Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi has said that any foreign intervention by the United States or any other country against Palestine would face a military response.

In a message on Monday, Al-Kaabi said that if the Zionist enemy tries to expand the circle of battle, drones and missiles of resistance will have the opportunity to act.

Unprecedented event: Ayatollah Khamenei's warning tweet in Hebrew addressed to Zionists

Tehran, IRNA - X (Twitter) account of Khamenei.ir published a tweet in Hebrew in an unprecedented move.

In this tweet, today's warning of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, addressed to the Zionists was published, during which the defeat of the usurping Zionist regime during the attack on Saturday, October 7, was considered irreparable by the resistance forces and they emphasized that the cause of this situation is the Zionists themselves. 

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