Iran warns US, Israel of ‘harsh consequences’ if war crimes continue in Gaza

Iran’s foreign minister has warned the United States and Israel that they will face “harsh consequences” if they fail to permanently stop war crimes in the Gaza Strip committed during the genocidal war on the besieged Palestinian territory.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in an interview with Qatar-based Al Jazeera television network published on Tuesday, as a temporary truce is holding between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas resistance group in Gaza.

“It is important that the [Israeli] aggression and crimes must halt and that the temporary ceasefire must become a permanent one. Otherwise, the region will face new conditions,” he said.

“The Zionist regime and the Americans should accept the harsh consequences of a failure to stop the war crimes.”

The four-day ceasefire in Gaza, which expired on Monday, was extended for two more days. It led to a cessation of Israel’s devastating war on Gaza as well as a swap of Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli jails and captives held by Hamas.