Iranian Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri (Al Jazeera)
Iranian Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri said today, Saturday, that Israel will collapse without the support provided to it by the United States of America.
This came during a meeting between Bagheri and the head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Ismail Haniyeh, who is currently visiting Tehran.
The Iranian Chief of Staff said that Israel was unable to respond to the Al-Aqsa Flood operation except by killing innocent women and children, destroying hospitals, and practicing starvation policy in the Gaza Strip.
Major General Bagheri stressed that his country will continue to support the Palestinians.
On the other hand, a statement by the Iranian General Staff quoted Ismail Haniyeh as expressing his appreciation for holding meetings with Iranian military leaders, and saying that the Iranian forces’ support for the Palestinian cause gives the resistance more determination to achieve the goals of the Al-Aqsa flood.
The Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs (right) while receiving the head of the political bureau of Hamas in Tehran (French)
Meetings and statements
Haniyeh had earlier met with Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, President Ebrahim Raisi, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.
Haniyeh stressed at the time from Tehran that "the enemy will not be able to impose its equations on the Palestinian people, neither through war nor through politics."
He said that the UN Security Council's adoption of a resolution demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip shows Israel's "unprecedented political isolation."
Haniyeh stressed to reporters that this vote shows that “the United States of America is unable to impose its will on the international community.”
For his part, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi considered the recent events in Gaza a scandal for America and Western countries that support Israel.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies