Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has again cautioned Israel against launching a ground offensive into the Palestinian enclave.
“If the measures aimed at immediately stopping the Israeli attacks that are killing children in the Gaza Strip end in a deadlock, it is highly probable that many other fronts will be opened,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Al Jazeera on Sunday.
“If the Zionist entity [Israel] decides to enter Gaza, the resistance leaders will turn it into a graveyard of the occupation soldiers,” he added, referring to Hamas.
The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 2,750, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday.
The number of wounded has risen to 9,700, the ministry added.
In a previous statement, the ministry said over 750 children were among the people killed in the Israeli attacks.
Health authorities also said that there are 58 fatalities in the West Bank along with at least 1,250 injuries.
On Oct. 7, in a dramatic escalation of Middle East tensions, Israeli forces launched a sustained military push against the Gaza Strip, a response to a military offensive by the Palestinian group Hamas in Israeli territories.
The conflict began when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel, a multi-pronged surprise attack including a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel via land, sea, and air.