Iran condemns Zionist regime's attacks on Gaza Strip

He further noted that the blood-sucking Zionist regime in its vain delusion wants to weaken the resolve of the oppressed Palestinian nation through massacre of the Palestinian youth and ensure its “hollow security”.

He said that is while seven decades of crime, bloodshed and child killing has not affected the resolve of the patient and zealous nation even to a minimum extent.

At least eight Palestinian men have lost their lives and more than 10 others sustained injuries when Israeli fighter jets bombarded and destroyed a lifeline tunnel in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified six of the victims as 25-year-old Ahmad Khalil Abu Armanah, 27-year-old Omar Nassar al-Flit, 30-year-old Misbah Fa’iq Shubair, 22-year-old Mohammed Marwan al-Agha, Arafat Abu Morshed, Hassan Abu Hassanain and.

The sources added that Morshed and Hassanain were two senior commanders of al-Quds Brigades, which is the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.

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