Head of the political office of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh in a phone conversation with Iranian Leader’s top adviser for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati underlined that the Palestinian people will continue defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque against the Zionist regime.
“Our people and resistance are in good shape and we will continue to defend al-Aqsa [Mosque],” Haniyeh said on Sunday.
Iran was a strategic support base for the people of Palestine and the resistance, he added.
Velayati, for his part, lauded the recent achievements of Palestinian resistance groups, emphasizing Iran’s support for the people of Palestine.
“We follow your great victories and achievements and what you do is a cause of honor for the [anti-Israel] resistance [front],” he added.
“You are a role model for the Muslim world.”
The phone call came amid the escalation of Israel’s violent attacks against the Palestinian people and holy sites across the occupied territories, especially al-Aqsa Mosque in the East al-Quds.
Since the beginning of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, the occupied West Bank has witnessed an escalation of Israeli violence, with over two dozen Palestinians having been killed and many more injured at the hands of the regime’s troops.
The uptick in the Israeli killing and repression of Palestinians has been green-lit by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who granted full freedom of action to Israeli forces earlier this month to intensify their brutal raids against Palestinians.
In the latest act of provocation against the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds, at least 19 Palestinians were injured in clashes on Sunday as Israeli settlers stormed the sacred site under the protection of Israeli military forces.
On Saturday morning, the Israeli forces’ aggression extended inside al-Aqsa Mosque, as they stormed the mosque’s courtyards and attacked worshipers, injuring more than 150 Palestinians and arresting 400 others.
Source: Iranian media
