News - Middle East: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says international bodies must firmly prevent Israel's crimes against the people of Palestine in the Gaza Strip.

Qalibaf made the remarks in a meeting with Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas resistance group, in Tehran on Thursday, during which he also urged Muslim countries and nations to help the war-torn Palestinian people.

Haniyeh, for his part, said resistance is the sole solution for the Palestinians to get rid of the Israeli regime's vicious acts and hailed Iran's support for the oppressed Palestinian people.

Israel ignited its bloody war machine in the Gaza Strip on October 7 after Hamas carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Nearly six months into the hostilities, the regime has failed to achieve its objectives of “destroying Hamas” and finding Israeli captives despite killing at least 32,552 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring nearly 74,980 others.

In a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei told Haniyeh that Iran pursues a fixed policy of providing support to Palestine and the people in Gaza who have been suffering from brutal Israeli aggression for nearly six months.

During his stay in Tehran, Haniyeh also held meetings with Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian.

Source: Press TV