AU statement helps ending Israeli onslaught against Gaza

IRAN :– Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan’ani says that the African Union’s (AU) statement condemning the Israeli crimes against Palestinians could help end the Tel Aviv regime’s war in the Gaza Strip.

Hailing the AU statement, the senior Iranian diplomat stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran declares its categorical support for the contents of this statement, which shows the commitment of the Union, as well as African leaders and nations to valuable humanitarian ideals regarding Palestine.

Kan’ani further stressed that Iran has no doubt that continued adoption of such principled and humane positions by the African states, as well as many other countries and nations around the world in support of the oppressed Palestinian nation will tighten the grip on the Zionist warmongers, and criminals, and their supporters.

Such stances will also pave the way for the cessation of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and the occupied West Bank, and will alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people, he added.

The statement was issued at the 37th African Union Summit in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa on Saturday, with AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki strongly condemning the Israeli savagery and indiscriminate attacks on Gaza.

Israel waged its brutal war on besieged Gaza on October 7 after Hamas carried out an unprecedented operation against the occupying entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

The Ministry of Health, run by Hamas in Gaza, announced that the number of Palestinian deaths had risen to 28,858 since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023.

Israel has imposed a complete siege on the densely populated territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.