Ahmadinejad warns Israel
IRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday warned Israel
against launching a fresh assault on the Gaza Strip, saying such action
would bring it “closer to certain death.” Ahmadinejad’s comments come a
day after Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom warned of a new
offensive by the Israeli military on the Hamas-ruled coastal territory
unless militant rocket attacks are halted.
“They are looking for an excuse to attack Gaza. I want to tell the
Zionists and their backers that enough crime has been committed
already,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech broadcast live on State
television.
“The new adventure will not save you, but will bring you closer to
certain death,” said Ahmadinejad, who has drawn international
condemnation for repeatedly saying the Jewish state is doomed to be
wiped off the map. Nearly 20 rockets have been fired into Israel in the
past month, including one that killed a Thai farm worker, in the worst
violence since the end of Israel’s 22-day assault on Gaza that began in
December 2008.
Tehran, Sunday, AFP |