‘Zionist Criminals, Supporters Will Kneel Soon Before Palestinians’

TEHRAN – Iran’s foreign ministry on Friday mourned Israel’s massacre of a Palestinian journalist’s family, saying the willpower of the Palestinian people will soon bring the Zionist regime and its supporters to their knees.

Ministry spokesman Nassar Kaanani shared a video of Wael Dahdouh, the bureau chief of Al Jazeera television network who lost his wife, son, daughter, grandson, and other relatives to an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday.
He said Dahdouh is among the correspondents who are now “more determined” to undertake the task of other 24 fallen colleagues and report the sufferings of the “oppressed, steadfast and brave” Palestinian nation to the international community.
“Zionist war criminals and their known advocates will soon kneel before the exemplary willpower, perseverance and resilience of the Palestinian nation; and will be punished for their crimes,” Kanaani wrote on X.
As of Thursday, at least 27 journalists had been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Among them, 22 were Palestinian and one Lebanese, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Journalists in Gaza are facing particularly high risks, CPJ said, due to Israel’s airstrikes and the threat of a looming Israeli ground invasion.
“The main challenge for journalists covering the military confrontation in Gaza is their own safety — being killed while covering airstrikes or clashes,” Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, said.
“Journalists in Gaza have paid and continue to pay unprecedented tolls and face exponential threats,” Mansour later added.