Iran says the intensification of Israeli “aggression” means the scale of the war is expanding
Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Foreign Minister of Iran
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Portal Iran warned that the level of civilian suffering caused by Israel’s war against the Palestinians would inevitably lead to an expansion of the conflict, as authorities in Gaza reported Israeli airstrikes on or near several hospitals in the Palestinian enclave.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein AmirAbdollahian’s comments could raise concerns about whether Washington’s diplomatic efforts and the deployment of U.S. naval forces in the eastern Mediterranean can prevent the conflict from further destabilizing the Middle East.
“Due to the increasing intensity of the war against the civilian population of Gaza, the expansion of the scale of the war has become inevitable,” AmirAbdollahian told his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Thursday evening (9). .
Israel’s bombing and siege of the Gaza Strip last month has resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe. Thousands of people are seeking medical treatment and shelter in the few hospitals that remain open, and those in the combat zone are in grave danger.
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“The Israeli occupation has launched simultaneous attacks on several hospitals in the last few hours,” Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf AlQidra told Al Jazeera television.
Qidra said an Israeli strike hit a courtyard of AlShifa Hospital, the largest in Gaza City, causing deaths, but gave no details. Israel said Hamas had hidden command centers and tunnels under Al Shifa and other hospitals such as the Indonesian Hospital, which Hamas denies.
The Israeli military did not directly comment on Qidra’s statement, which Portal could not independently verify, but said it did not target civilians.
Iran supports Hamas but says it played no role in the militants’ attack on Israel last month. Iran also supports Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group that has close ties to Hamas, and Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian faction in Gaza that is also backed by Iran.