‘No One Can Stop Resistance If Israeli Crimes Continue’: Ayatollah Khamenei
Addressing a group of Iranian elites and top scientific talents on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei said Muslim nations are “angry” at the relentless Israeli raids on the besieged Gaza Strip.
“If these crimes continue, the Muslims and the resistance forces will become impatient, [and] no one would be able to stop them,” he said.
The remarks come as at least 2,800 Palestinians, including more than 1,000 children, have been killed by Israeli strikes since October 7.
“This is a fact that exists. Of course, whatever the Zionist regime does, it will not be able to make up for the scandalous failure it suffered,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.
The Leader also said that what is in front of the eyes of the whole world in Palestine is the Israeli regime’s “crime of genocide.”
The Israeli attacks started after Palestinian resistance forces launched an unprecedented military operation against occupied territories in response to the desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque and increased Israeli violence in recent months. More than 1,300 Israeli soldiers and settlers were killed during the offensive on October 7.
Ayatollah Khamenei further rejected claims that Palestinians have killed civilians in the offensive, noting that all those living in settlements across the occupied territories are armed.
“Now let’s suppose that they are civilians. How many civilians were killed? This occupying regime is killing a hundred times more civilians; women, children, the elderly and youth. The armed forces are not living in Gaza buildings. They are in their own place. They (the Israelis) know it too. These are all people. They choose crowded sites and hit them… The occupying government of the Zionist regime must be put on trial today,” Press TV quoted him as saying.
US role in Israeli crimes
Numerous pieces of information suggest that the US is devising the current policy within the Zionist regime, he said.
“The Americans should consider their responsibility [regarding Israeli crimes in Gaza]… The bombings must stop immediately,” he added.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Leader urged scholars and scientists not to remain indifferent towards the situation in Gaza.
“Today, in the case of Gaza, all of us have the responsibility to react. We must show a reaction. Some people are hungry, some are under bombardment, and some are being martyred in hundreds. A scholar, a university, or a seminary scholar must try to recognize the truth and stand by it. Looking indifferently [at issues] is not permissible for scholars and scientists.”
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