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Tehran, Jan 26, IRNA -- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi on Sunday strongly condemned Israel's military incursion into Gaza in which 12 people were killed and many more injured.
The Israeli army has declared all Palestinian cities, villages and camps in the West Bank and Gaza strip as closed military zones turning those areas into a large prison for all the innocent Palestinian men, women and children living in the areas, Asefi reiterated .
The Zionist regime's Ariel Sharon, aiming to win the upcoming general elections, has turned the Palestinian lives into pawns in a political game with the aim of garnering more votes for himself, the foreign ministry spokesman said.
Asefi further said, Sharon, by taking advantage of the world's attention being focused on the Iraqi crisis "has carried out atrocities against Palestinians and destroying the Palestinian cities, notably the Gaza city."
He also called for strong condemnation of Israeli atrocities by the international organizations, specially the UN Security Council and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
In its deepest thrust into Gaza in more than two years, the Israeli occupation army on Sunday attacked Palestinian homes, businesses and factories in the heart of Gaza City, killing at least 12 Palestinians and injuring as many as 50 others.
Palestinian medical sources said most of the victims were innocent civilians killed in intensive aerial bombardment of their neighborhoods.
Eyewitnesses said thousands of Israeli soldiers, backed by more than a hundred battle tanks and attack helicopters, thrust into the heart of Gaza City Saturday night amid artillery and aerial bombardment.
Some lightly armed Palestinian resistance fighters sought to put up a resistance to the huge Israeli force.
However, the light rifles used by Palestinian fighters proved no match for the huge firepower of the Israeli tanks and Apache helicopter gunships.
The invading forces destroyed dozens of homes and businesses, including one of the largest factories in the Gaza Strip which manufactures garbage containers. Moreover, several foundries and metal workshops were also destroyed and dynamited.
Palestinians stress the purpose of the wanton destruction of their businesses is to further weaken the already moribund Palestinian economy and impoverish as many additional Palestinian families as possible.
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