In an exclusive interview with Mehr news agency on Monday, Rear Admiral Sayyari referred to the Zionist regime’s atrocities in Gaza and killing of oppressed Palestinian people, noting, “No one in the world considers harming innocent civilians, particularly women, and children, as a military operation or a tactic."
He added that if the Israeli regime was not weak and sought to fight strongly, it would have used practical military tactics instead of targeting women and children in Gaza hospitals.
Slamming Israel’s raids on the Gaza Strip’s al-Shifa Hospital under the pretext that there were hidden tunnels under it that were used by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, the top Iranian commander highlighted that the Zionist regime has failed to even prove its claims and “everyone acknowledged that this was an exaggeration.”
Today, the Zionist regime is in a position of weakness and collapse and the presence of media has revealed all the realities on the ground and nothing is hidden from anyone, he further noted.
He urged the self-styled advocates of human rights to pay attention to Israel’s ongoing atrocities against the oppressed and defenseless people of Gaza.
The Israeli regime would have collapsed by now had it not been for the US and European countries’ support, he reiterated.
The Zionist regime waged its war on Gaza on October 7 after Hamas launched an operation against the occupied territories on that day in response to the Israeli regime's decades-long campaign of bloodshed and devastation against Palestinians.
Tel Aviv also blocked water, food, and electricity to Gaza, plunging the coastal strip into a humanitarian crisis.
According to Gaza's Health Ministry, the Israeli aggression has so far killed around 18,000 people and injured nearly 49,000 others.
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