Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday accused the United States of “directing” strikes Israel has been finishing up on Hamas in Gaza in response to the October 7 assaults.

Israel has closely bombarded the Gaza Strip since Hamas gunmen stormed throughout its border with Israel and, in keeping with Israeli officers, killed greater than 1,400 folks, most of them civilians.

The Hamas-controlled well being ministry stated on Wednesday that 6,545 folks have been killed in Gaza for the reason that battle broke out, together with 2,704 kids.

“America is a definite accomplice of criminals,” stated Khamenei throughout a speech in Tehran.

“The United States is in some way directing the crime that is being committed in Gaza.”

Khamenei stated the palms of Americans “were tainted with the blood of the oppressed, children, patients, women and others”.

The United States, the sworn enemy of Iran, has moved two plane carriers into the jap Mediterranean in a transfer it says is to discourage Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, each allies of Hamas, from getting concerned within the Hamas-Israel warfare.

It has additionally confirmed this week that it has despatched a “few” army advisers to Israel as a part of its help for its shut ally.

Iran, which financially and militarily backs Hamas, hailed the October 7 assaults on Israel as a “success”.

But the Islamic republic has insisted it was not concerned within the onslaught, throughout which greater than 220 folks had been additionally taken hostage, in keeping with Israeli authorities.

“Let everyone know that in this matter and future matters, the Palestinian nation is victorious and the future world is the world of Palestine, not the world of the Zionist regime,” Khamenei stated, referring to Israel.

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Iran that the United States would reply “decisively” to any assault by Tehran proxies, as tensions rise over the battle.

“The United States does not seek conflict with Iran. We do not want this war to widen,” Blinken informed a UN Security Council session.

“But if Iran or its proxies attack US personnel anywhere, make no mistake. We will defend our people, we will defend our security — swiftly and decisively,” he stated.

The Islamic republic lashed out at Blinken for what it stated was his try to “wrongly place the blame on Iran”.

“Iran categorically rejects these groundless allegations,” Iran’s everlasting consultant to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani stated.