TEHRAN - In response to a phone call from Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran strongly condemned the criminal attacks by the Zionist regime on the Gaza Strip and expressed concern about the situation in the besieged enclave.

Raisi said Israel is committing “war crimes” by cutting off water, electricity, fuel, food, and medicine to the people of Gaza, as well as blindly and extensively bombarding non-military targets by even using phosphorus bombs.

The president emphasized the urgent need to end the bombing of residential areas and said that forced displacement of Gaza residents from their homeland is neither practical nor compatible with international principles and laws. The president also criticized the French government for preventing the supporters of the Palestinians from holding a rally in France, saying Paris should not allow France to be remembered in history as a supporter of the child-killing Zionists.