Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed sympathy for Californians in a post on his X account on Friday as multiple devastating wildfires continue to burn in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and surrounding areas. expressed.
“The harrowing images from California remind us of the destroyed homes, schools and hospitals in Gaza,” Zarif wrote, according to Press TV.
“Only humans sympathize with the Californians who lost everything to the forces of nature, especially the many who sympathize with the Gazans who lost everything to Israeli brutality.”
Massive fires have ripped through Southern California since Tuesday, destroying tens of thousands of acres of land and as many homes and businesses in the region, and killing at least 10 people, according to local reports.
Approximately 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate, and another 200,000 are under evacuation orders.
Foreign Minister Zarif’s post said that since October last year, the Israeli regime has destroyed almost the entire besieged area of Gaza, killing at least 46,006 Palestinians, mainly women and children, and injuring 109,378 others. It was done in the middle of the day.
Israel launched a brutal attack on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out a surprise operation against the extortion group in retaliation for escalating atrocities against the Palestinian people.
Washington, Israel’s biggest ally and arms supplier, has repeatedly vetoed UN Security Council resolutions on the Gaza ceasefire and has since provided generous intelligence, financial and logistical support to the regime. .
The administration of outgoing US President Joe Biden announced last Friday that it plans to offer the Israeli regime an $8 billion arms deal as part of Washington’s determined support for the occupation’s genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
MNA
