On Friday, after the eleven-day violence by Israeli forces came to an end in the Palestinian territories, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Muslim states to support the Palestinians militarily and financially.
“Muslim states must sincerely support the Palestinian people, through military…or financial support …or in rebuilding Gaza’s infrastructure,” he said in a statement, urging Muslims all over to demand their governments to back Palestine.
“All influential elements of (Israel’s) regime and the criminal (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu must be prosecuted by international and independent courts,” Khamenei said, as per the Iranian media reports.
Iran happens to be one of the countries, which do not recognise Israel and support Hamas.
“Congratulations to our Palestinian sisters & brothers for the historic victory. Your resistance forced the aggressor to retreat,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh tweeted.
As per the Iranian media reports, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement: “The intifada (Palestinian uprising) has gone from using stones to powerful, precise missiles … and in the future, the Zionists (Israel) can expect to endure deadly blows from within the occupied territories.”
Leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad have praised Iran’s financial and military support, but Tehran has rarely confirmed its weapons supply. But Khamenei last year hailed Tehran’s supply of arms, saying Iran had transformed the military balance of power between Israel and the Palestinians.