Aside from Iran, many Muslim countries around the world have refused to officially pick sides in the Israel-Hamas war, leaving Hamas terrorists and their sponsorsinn ‘utmost disappoinment’ according to analysts. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had on Wednesday urged Muslim countries to halt trade with Israel, including oil exports, in response to its bombardment of Gaza since the deadly Hamas attacks....CONTINUE READING
Amid this, the United Arab Emirates swam against the charge and sent eight planes carrying military aid and equipments to the Israeli army.
Israel has been pounding the Gaza Strip since Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on October 7 and killed more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, according to Israeli officials.
The bombing campaign has killed more than 8,500 people, two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry.
“Islamic governments must insist on quickly ending the crimes,” Khamenei told a gathering of students in Tehran.
“Muslim countries should not cooperate economically with the Zionist regime [Israel],” he said, calling for a “block on oil and food exports.”
Khamenei lambasted Western governments who “stood against Palestine,” naming Britain, France and the United States.
“The Muslim world must not forget who is putting pressure on the population of Gaza. It’s not just about the Zionist regime,” he said.
Yesterday, an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group based in Lebanon, officially began; Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s leader revealed in a statement on Friday.
