TEHRAN - The head of Iran’s Guardian Council Research Center in a post on his social media account, described the Israeli regime’s illegal crimes in Gaza as a clear example of genocide.

Abbas Ali Kadkhodaii stated, “The number of martyrs in Gaza has exceeded 38,840. The destructive reality in Gaza represents all the dimensions and elements of genocide against non-combatants. This is a real genocide.”

“You still want to silence Francesca Albanese and trample truth via threats, calumny, and rumormongering?” he asked.

Francesca Albanese, a human rights reporter for the United Nations, has prepared a report on the Zionist regime’s crimes in the Gaza war and presented it to the U.N. Human Rights Council, reflecting the signs of non-combatant genocide in Israel’s aerial attacks on residential areas in Gaza. Albanese says she has been receiving threats since she started her investigation. 

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is currently considering a request from South Africa regarding the situation of non-combatants and the potential for genocide in Gaza. While the ICJ has not yet issued a formal ruling, its President, Joan Donoghue, has declared the court's jurisdiction to address these issues.

The Gaza war began with a Palestinian attack on October 7, 2023, which saw more than 3000 rockets launched at Israeli towns. The attack dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm is referred to as the first direct attack by Resistance Forces on Israeli positions in the occupied territories since the Arab-Israeli war in 1973.