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TEHRAN, May 29 (Xinhua) — Iran strongly condemns Israel’s airstrikes on Sana’a International Airport, the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
The ministry’s spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, called the attacks another sign of Israel’s “cruelty and hostility toward the Muslim peoples of Yemen and the West Asian region.”
According to the Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah TV channel, Israel carried out four strikes on the Sana’a airport runway and a Yemenia Airlines plane on Wednesday morning, destroying the last remaining commercial aircraft of the airline in Yemen.
E. Bagai said that the Israeli strikes are aimed at “preventing the delivery of Yemeni pilgrims to the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the upcoming Hajj, and are a major crime.” He called on the international community, especially the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), to immediately pay serious attention to the situation.
The diplomat also condemned Israel’s “repeated aggressive actions” against Yemen’s economic infrastructure and civilian targets, including ports, airports and food warehouses. He called the attacks “clear examples of war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
E. Bagai stressed that confronting Israel’s “violations and crimes” in the occupied Palestinian territories and in relation to other countries in the region is the legal and moral responsibility of all West Asian states. –0–