As Israel continues striking targets in Gaza, the president of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, has accused Israel of commiting “genocide.”
Raisi said the siege on Gaza – where water, electricity and fuel has been cut off – breaks all international treaties.
BBC reports have it that Iran is known to fund and equip Hamas in Gaza. But on Tuesday, it said Iran’s supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country was not behind the weekend’s deadly attacks on Israel.
He did, however, said he “kissed the hand” of those who planned the attacks.
According to report, Israel says the siege of Gaza will not end until Israeli hostages are released
“No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter,” says energy minister Israel Katz
The inform source said at least 150 hostages were taken into Gaza during Hamas’s deadly attacks on Israel at the weekend that killed 1,200 people.
A similar number of people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes, with 338,000 displaced
On Wednesday, it was reported that the only power station in Gaza ran out of fuel, meaning the territory is relying on generators.
The Israeli military says its air strikes are targeting Hamas’s huge network of tunnels.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel – the White House is warning other regional countries not to “take advantage” of the situation