Iran envoy blasts Israel aggression against Palestinians

The Iranian ambassador to Beirut has condemned Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, stressing Tehran’s support for the Palestinian resistance.

Mohammad Fat’hali made the remarks in a meeting with a number of Lebanese parliamentarians, headed by Hassan Hoballah, at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut on Tuesday.

Fat’hali warned against plots in the Middle East aimed at undermining the resistance front.

He also cautioned against Israeli conspiracies against Muslims, saying the Tel Aviv regime backs all anti-Islam moves and conspiracies in the Middle East and the world.

“The Zionists seek to turn their conflict with the Islamic world into a Shia-Sunni war,” he said, adding that Israel reaps the maximum benefit from tensions among Muslims.

Hoballah, on behalf of the Lebanese delegation, praised Iran’s instrumental role in backing the Palestinians, describing the Islamic Republic as a main supporter of the anti-Israel resistance front.

Israeli forces have killed several Palestinians and arrested hundreds of others, including Hamas members and lawmakers, as part of the military operations purportedly in search of three settlers, whom Israel claims went missing in al-Khalil (Hebron) on June 12.

On Monday, reports said that the bodies of the Israeli teenagers were found in a field near the village of Hilhul, north of the city of al-Khalil in the West Bank.

Tel Aviv claims the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, is responsible for the death of the three. Hamas rejects the allegation.