IRAN TO SUPPORT PALESTINE WITH ALL MIGHT: OFFICIAL

Gazans inspect the rubble of their building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on July 13, 2014.

An Iranian official has slammed the Tel Aviv regime’s fatal airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, saying the Islamic Republic will help the Palestinian nation with “all might”

On Monday, Iran’s Majlis Director General for International Affairs Hossein Sheikholeslam reaffirmed the country’s stance on the Palestinian cause and said the Islamic Republic will make all the efforts to serve the Palestinian nation despite all the issues.

Sheikholeslam further pointed to the Israel airstrikes on Gaza, saying the Israeli military targets civilians, including women and children, and destroys homes and mosques in an attempt to pile mental pressure on the resistance movement in the blockaded coastal enclave.

Israeli aerial assaults focus on destroying the capabilities of the resistance movement in the Gaza Strip, but the Palestinians will not buckle under such pressure, he added.

Nearly 190 Palestinians have so far been killed and some 1,300 others injured since Israeli warplanes began a fresh wave of airstrikes on Gaza on July 8. The UN says nearly 80 percent of the casualties have been civilians.

In response to Israel’s fatal attacks on Gaza, Palestinian resistance fighters have fired a barrage of rockets deep into Israeli cities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Tel Aviv will not stop its attacks on the Palestinian territory.

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HAMAS YATUNGUA NDEGE YA ISRAEL HUKO PALESTINA

Wanamapambano wa Palestina wametungua ndege ya kijeshi ya utawala wa Kizayuni wa Israel iliyokuwa inafanya mauaji dhidi ya wananchi wa Palestina.

Televisheni ya al Quds imezinukuu Brigedi za Izuddin Qassam, tawi la kijeshi la Harakati ya Mapambano ya Palestina HAMAS zikisema kuwa, ndege za utawala wa Kizayuni zimefanya mashambulizi makali katika eneo ilipoanguka ndege hiyo ya Israel ili kufuta ushahidi na kuwazuia wanamapambano wa Palestina wasipate mabaki ya ndege hiyo.

Vile vile wanamapambano wa Palestina wamefanikiwa kwa mara ya kwanza kushambulia maeneo ya Wazayuni katika mji wa Baytul Muqaddas na kuzusha kiwewe katika safu za utawala wa Kizayuni.

Kabla ya hapo pia HAMAS ilikuwa imetungua ndege ya Israel isiyo na rubani na ilishambulia pia Tel Aviv mji mkuu wa utawala wa Kizayuni na kuwalazimisha viongozi wa Israel wakimbilie mafichoni.

Televisheni ya al Quds imetangaza pia kuwa wanapambanao wa Palestina wamelishambulia kwa kombora bunge la utawala wa Kizayuni, Knesset, huko magharibi mwa Baytul Muqaddas. Taarifa zinasema pia kuwa hoteli za kitalii za Wazayuni zimefungwa huko Baytul Muqaddas baada ya maeneo yanayokaliwa kwa mabavu na Wazayuni ya mji huo kushambuliwa kwa makombora ya wanamapambano wa Palestina.

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Israelis cut Palestine trees, burn fields

Jewish settlers burn Palestinian trees in west Bank

Israeli settlers have burned down Palestinian crops and cut down hundreds of fruit trees in West Bank as Palestinian leaders travel to the US to take part in the current session of UN General Assembly.

Jewish settlers, adamantly opposed to Palestinian statehood, burned dozens of acres (hectares) of agricultural land and cut down several hundred olive, fig and almond trees on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.

"This is our land and no Palestinian state will be (established) here," claimed an Israeli settler in the Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron, the West Bank.

The latest Israeli vandalism came at a time when acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas is planning to seek UN recognition this week of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East al-Quds, areas Israel captured in its 1967 war.

The Palestinians fear that their UN bid could spark more violence in the West Bank.

The Palestinian Authority officials said Tuesday that there have been over 40 reports of Israeli settlers’ violence and vandalism in the past month.

On Tuesday, Jewish settlers in Yitzhar in the northern West Bank gathered on a hilltop overlooking several Palestinian communities and shouted offensive slogans, reports said.

Also on Tuesday, Palestinian activists disclosed a six-meter-high chair, painted in the UN's signature baby blue, in the main square of the city of Ramallah. The chair, with the inscription "Palestine's right -- Full membership in the United Nations," symbolizes the Palestinian quest for recognition.

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