Iranian president says Israel, backed by West, is 'killing innocent people'
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that
Israel should "stop killing innocent people", and that its actions in
the Middle East were backed by the United States and the European Union.
Pezeshkian was speaking to a Russian state TV reporter on
the sidelines of an international meeting in Turkmenistan.
Israel in recent weeks has sharply escalated its assault on
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, including killing its top leaders,
sending ground troops into southern Lebanon and bombing the capital Beirut.
An Israeli
strike late on Thursday in the heart of Beirut killed 22 people and
injured more than 100, Lebanese authorities said.
Israel says the operations in Lebanon aim to allow tens of
thousands of its residents to return home after being forced to leave northern
Israel due to Hezbollah rocket fire over the past year.
Hezbollah is firing at Israel in support of its ally Hamas,
which triggered Israel's ground offensive in
Gaza following an Oct. 7 attack on communities in southern Israel.
"I would like to say to Israel: stop killing innocent
people. Stop bombing residential buildings, people who have nothing
anyway," said Pezeshkian, accusing Israel of violating every kind of
international agreement.
"It does this because it knows that the US and the
European Union are behind it," he said.
The Middle East remains on high alert for further escalation
in the region, awaiting Israel's
response to an Iranian missile strike on Oct. 1.
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