The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly condemned Israel’s recent heinous crime in the Gaza Strip, where the regime bombed the only operating hospital in the territory’s south and killed at least 20 Palestinians. 

Esmaeil Baghaei made the remarks on Monday, hours after the Israeli military conducted double-tap strikes on the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Yunis. The victims included five journalists, along with patients, health workers, and emergency responders who had rushed to the scene after the initial strike.

Referring to the heavy death toll from Israel’s “savage bombing” of the hospital, Baghaei said the Zionist regime committed the “brutal war crime” as part of its genocide plan and with the intent of erasing Palestine as a nation and identity.

He also described as “shameful” the continued inaction of international organizations and self-proclaimed rights advocates regarding Israel’s gross violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the besieged Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

The spokesman said all governments bear legal and moral responsibility for “stopping the genocide and punishing the Nazi and racist Zionist criminals."

“The military and political supporters of the occupying regime, especially the United States, must be held accountable before the international community as accomplices and partners in the heinous crimes committed against the Palestinian people," he added.

The Palestinian Presidency condemned the attack as “a new war crime,” saying it adds to a long series of crimes and massacres committed by the Israeli occupation to silence the Palestinian media and the voice of truth.