Al-Aqsa Flood endangers Israel’s ‘illegitimate’ identity: Iran Parliament speaker

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says Operation al-Aqsa Flood against Israel has endangered the “illegitimate” identity of the regime, which was established by Britain and its stooges.

Qalibaf made the remarks in an address to the 7th International Conference on Solidarity With Palestinian Children and Adolescents in Tehran on Monday.

He noted that Israel had anticipated capturing Gaza within a few days; however, one year into the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, it has failed to achieve its objectives.

On the anniversary of the operation, Palestinians fired missiles from Gaza towards Tel Aviv, he added.

Qalibaf said Israel continues its crimes against regional nations under the circumstances that “all of us know that the criminal US is responsible for and supporter of all these crimes.”

Pointing to Israel’s assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, he added that the US is the main accomplice in this crime.

“We have never made and will never make a miscalculation in the fight [against Israel],” the top Iranian parliamentarian stated.

Qalibaf said Nasrallah’s martyrdom brought deep sadness to the countries of the Axis of Resistance but they will not stand idly and will “bravely and wisely” continue his path.

Qalibaf pointed out that Israel’s military doctrine has historically focused on conflicts outside its borders, and while the regime has boasted about its Iron Dome missile defense system, it is now grappling with conflicts in the West Bank.

The Iranian Parliament speaker said the regime has failed to release even one captive despite receiving technological and intelligence support from the US and NATO.

Hamas: Al-Aqsa Storm shattered Israel’s illusion of superiority; Iran ‘reshaping battlefield’

Hamas says the Palestinian resistance’s Operation al-Aqsa Storm shattered the Israeli regime’s “perceived military superiority.”

The surprise operation saw the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and its fellow Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movement of the Islamic Jihad storming the occupied Palestinian territories and taking more than 240 Israelis captive.

The Israeli regime embarked on its barbaric campaign in response. It has so far killed nearly 42,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

World parliaments must take explicit stance on Israel’s punishment

In a letter to world parliament speakers published on Monday, Qalibaf said the parliaments of all countries in the world must take an explicit stance at international circles to punish the Israeli regime and prevent it from committing more crimes.

He said the world is witnessing new crimes of Israel and the United Nations Security Council lacks the capability to reign in the regime.

“It is an undeniable necessity for the international community to take serious measures to immediately stop the Zionist regime’s military attacks and settle the current dire situation,” the top Iranian parliamentarian said.

Qalibaf expressed regret that silence and inattention on the part of certain countries to Israel’s genocide in Palestine and its moves to create a crisis in Lebanon have emboldened the regime to maintain its US-backed barbarism.

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