TEHRAN, Apr 16 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, strongly condemned Israeli forces’ operations at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, during the holy month of Ramadan, which left more than 100 Palestinians wounded.
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said, the incident is a sign of “the liveliness and glory of the heroic and brave resistance by the Palestinian people and Israelis’ desperation,” the ministry said on its website.
Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone conversation with Ismail Haniyeh, the politburo chief of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
The Iranian top diplomat also highlighted the necessity of putting an end to Israel’s “hostile moves against Palestinians.”
Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said, the Israeli forces’ actions “violated international law and human rights,” according to the ministry’s website.
Earlier in the day, Palestinian health officials said, over 100 Palestinians have been injured, so far, in the clashes, while the Israeli police reported that three officers were slightly wounded.
Thousands of worshippers gathered since the early hours of yesterday, at the entrance to the compound, which is a site holy to both Muslims and Jews, the latter call it the Temple Mount.
Tension between Israel and the Palestinians flared up in the West Bank and East Jerusalem over the past three weeks as the Jewish festival of Passover overlap with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Last year, clashes in Jerusalem led to an 11-day conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip.– NNN-IRNA
