TEHRAN- The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has stated that the U.S. decision to approve the Israeli regime’s return to its attacks on the Gaza Strip exposes the “real face” of American human rights and represents a serious moral embarrassment for Washington.

Nasser Kanaani expressed his dismay over Israel’s “brutal military attacks” on Gaza in a post on his X account on Saturday. 

In the 24 hours after a week-long truce, Israel has murdered almost 200 Palestinians and injured 600 more.

He said that nearly 16,000 Palestinians had been brutally killed in 48 days as a consequence of war crimes, infanticide, and genocide before the one-week truce, however, the United States greenlighted the restart of Israeli strikes on December 1.

“This amounts to a major moral scandal for the U.S. government and has shown the true face of American human rights to the world,” Kanaani asserted. 

During a message on Thursday, Kanaani also reacted to Israeli air strikes on buildings in Gaza, minutes after the truce deal expired on Friday morning. 

Kanaani stressed the key role of the United States in backing the apartheid Israeli regime which has resulted in the continuation of the hostilities against Gaza. 

“It is evident that the political and legal responsibility for the ongoing aggression and the relentless massacre of the Palestinian people lies not only with the criminal acts of the Zionist regime but also with the U.S. government and some other countries complicit in this apartheid regime’s actions,” he wrote.

The spokesman further noted that the military attack by the Zionist regime on Friday morning occurred moments before the departure of U.S. Secretary of State Blinken from the occupied territories.

In a post on X on Friday, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the Iranian Foreign Minister, noted that the key to resolving the situation lies in the continuation of the truce, the dispatch of substantial humanitarian aid to Gaza, and the negotiation of an agreement for the exchange of prisoners.

He asserted that the liberation of prisoners should not be sought through war, as it leads to their tragic demise in bombings.

Warning against the consequences of perpetuating the conflict, Amir Abdollahian expressed concern about the potential for another massacre in Gaza and the West Bank. 

He pointed out that the decision-makers and the international community appear to underestimate the severe repercussions of returning to a state of war.

Amir Abdollahian emphasized that, in the end, the true determining factor is the will of the Palestinian people. Urging immediate action, he underscored the need to halt the attacks on Gaza before it’s too late.

Following the conclusion of a week-long truce, the Israeli regime has resumed its bombing of Gaza, striking several locations around the territory.

The head of the UN humanitarian affairs has once more demanded an end to hostilities in Gaza, stating that the beleaguered people are “surrounded by disease, destruction, and death.”

According to Gaza’s health ministry since October 7, almost 15,550 Palestinians have lost their lives in Gaza.