Resistance to respond to Israeli aggression: Iran official

Navideshahed- A high-ranking Iranian official has condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, saying that the Palestinian resistance front will respond to the Tel Aviv regime’s acts of aggression.

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جمعه - ۱۵ خرداد ۲۰۱۴ / 2014 15 March

On Friday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian described support for the rights of the Palestinian nation as a humanitarian, religious and international duty.
He also criticized the biased positions adopted by the so-called advocates of human rights vis-Ã -vis the crimes being perpetrated by Israel, stressing the need for Muslim countries’ transparent and decisive stance on the Israeli atrocities.
On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham censured the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, saying that such attacks illustrate the Tel Aviv regime’s desperation in the face of the anti-Israel resistance front.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli fighter jets struck several targets in the city of Rafah, situated 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Gaza City, injuring several Palestinians.
Israeli warplanes also hit several locations in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. There were no reports of casualties.
However, on Tuesday, at least three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip. The Islamic Jihad said in a statement that the three killed were members of the movement, and an Israeli assassination drone targeted them as they “resisted an Israeli military incursion”? into Rafah city.
The secretary general of the Islamic Jihad Movement said on Thursday that Palestinian resistance fighters will not lay down their arms until all occupied Palestinian territories are liberated.
“Our weapons of resistance…are not for rent. Our weapons are for the sake of Palestine and we shall not lay them down until we achieve the goal of liberating Palestine,”? Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shalah said.

On Friday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian described support for the rights of the Palestinian nation as a humanitarian, religious and international duty. He also criticized the biased positions adopted by the so-called advocates of human rights vis-Ã -vis the crimes being perpetrated by Israel, stressing the need for Muslim countries’ transparent and decisive stance on the Israeli atrocities. On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham censured the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, saying that such attacks illustrate the Tel Aviv regime’s desperation in the face of the anti-Israel resistance front. Earlier on Thursday, Israeli fighter jets struck several targets in the city of Rafah, situated 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Gaza City, injuring several Palestinians. Israeli warplanes also hit several locations in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. There were no reports of casualties. However, on Tuesday, at least three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip. The Islamic Jihad said in a statement that the three killed were members of the movement, and an Israeli assassination drone targeted them as they “resisted an Israeli military incursion”? into Rafah city. The secretary general of the Islamic Jihad Movement said on Thursday that Palestinian resistance fighters will not lay down their arms until all occupied Palestinian territories are liberated. “Our weapons of resistance…are not for rent. Our weapons are for the sake of Palestine and we shall not lay them down until we achieve the goal of liberating Palestine,”? Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shalah said.