[Report by Li Ziyu] According to the Iran Mehr News Agency, Nayem Kassim, the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, voiced his condemnation on the 22nd local time, stating that the oppressed Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are suffering from American and Israeli aggression, barbarism, genocide, hunger, and killing. “The US-Israel aggression has crossed all human and moral norms,” he declared.
Kassim called for sanctions and other practical actions to stop the “Zionist regime.” He stated, “When the United States faces unified support for the Palestinian people, it will succumb to pressure and be forced to cease its support.” “The oppressors will not succeed,” Kassim remarked.
The health department in the Gaza Strip reported that on July 20th, the Israeli army opened fire on civilians receiving relief supplies, resulting in at least 85 deaths. This was the day with the highest number of casualties among the people of the Gaza Strip during this round of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. On the 21st, foreign ministers from dozens of countries including the UK, Australia, and Japan issued a joint statement demanding an immediate end to the war in the Gaza Strip, condemning Israeli forces for targeting civilians seeking basic living necessities.
On July 21st, the Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a statement rejecting this joint statement, labeling it as “unrealistic.” The statement mentioned that Israel had repeatedly expressed acceptance of existing ceasefire proposals but the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) “refused.” On the same day, the health department in the Gaza Strip announced that since the outbreak of new rounds of conflict between Israel and Palestine in October 2023, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have resulted in 59,029 deaths and 142,135 injuries.