Gaza crisis worsens as Arab League, AU raise alarm
GAZA: More than one million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip in the last week, the UN said Sunday, after sustained Zionist bombardment and warnings about a ground attack against Hamas commanders. Zionists declared war on the Islamist group last Sunday, a day after waves of fighters broke through the heavily fortified border. Seven days of relentless bombing targeting those who masterminded the attack have flattened neighborhoods and left at least 2,450 people dead in the Gaza Strip, the majority ordinary Palestinians, the health ministry there said.
As Zionists seek to avenge the worst attack in its history, the Arab League and African Union warned the invasion could lead to “genocide”. It also faced a grave warning about the security implications of putting boots on the ground in the densely populated enclave. “No one can guarantee the control of the situation and the non-expansion of the conflicts” if Zionists sends its soldiers into Gaza, said Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. “Those who are interested in preventing the scope of war and crisis from expanding need to prevent the current barbaric attacks… against citizens and civilians in Gaza,” he added.
Iran is Zioist entity’s number one enemy and as well as funding Hamas also backs Hezbollah in Lebanon to the north, where cross-border fire has intensified in the last week. At least 10 people have now been killed in Lebanon and two in Zionist entity, prompting the government to shut the border area to civilians. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Zionist entity had “no interest in a war in the north, we don’t want to escalate the situation”. But he added: “If Hezbollah chooses the path of war, it will pay a heavy price… but if it restrains itself, we’ll respect the situation.”
The United States, which has given unequivocal backing to Zionists is concerned about violence spreading, and has sent two aircraft carriers to the eastern Mediterranean as a deterrent. In Washington, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said they feared the prospect of Iran becoming “directly engaged”, after it praised the Hamas attack but insisted it was not involved. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has in recent days toured Middle Eastern capitals in a frantic round of diplomacy to try to avert a wider crisis in the volatile region.
On Sunday, he pointed to “determination in every country I went to make sure that this doesn’t spread,” as he left Egypt to head back to Zionist entity. Blinken has appealed to China to use its influence in the region to ease tensions. But on Sunday Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Zionists’ response had “gone beyond the scope of self-defense”. He called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his emergency government to “cease its collective punishment of the people of Gaza”.
