The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the "ongoing genocide" perpetrated by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and considered that the recent attacks on defenseless civilians amount to "unprecedented war crimes."

Esmaeil Baghaei, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said the brutal massacres carried out over the past week in various areas of the Gaza Strip, which targeted residential neighborhoods, shelters, and tents for displaced people, constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, calling for urgent action to halt the aggression.

Baghaei added that the repeated Israeli bombing of displacement centers and the recent attack on the Mustafa Hafez School in Gaza City reflect the systematic nature of the aggression, holding the United States, Germany, and whoever supports the occupation responsible for the continued "crimes against humanity" in the Strip.

Rising toll

Just yesterday, the Health Ministry in Gaza reported that hospitals received 118 martyrs and 581 injuries due to ongoing Israeli aggression, as emergency and civil defense teams face difficulties in reaching countless victims still trapped beneath the rubble or lying in the streets due to relentless bombardment.

Twelve Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid were gunned down, while 49 others sustained injuries at the so-called aid distribution sites, the Ministry further revealed, raising the cumulative death toll from aid massacres to 652 martyrs and over 4,537 injured.

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