(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - ˈKilling of women and children is just part of the Zionist regimeˈs crimes against Palestinians, revealing the criminal nature of Zionists to the world; in the Gaza war, supporters and enemies of the oppressed people of Palestine were distinguished and it was proven that those who arm Syrian terrorists support Zionists; Palestine issue has always been a test for Muslim Ummah.ˈ
In the meantime, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast extended a message of congratulation on Thursday on the victory of the Islamic Resistance Movement over the usurper regime of Israel.
Mehmanparast called for the immediate removal of Gaza siege, which has isolated it from the world.
ˈMuslim countries should be vigilant toward the divisive plots of Zionist regime and protect their unity,ˈ he added.
On November 14, Israel launched a deadly offensive on the blockaded Gaza Strip, which killed more than 160 Palestinians and injured some 1,200 others. In retaliation, Palestinian resistance fighters fired rockets and missiles into the Israeli cities, killing at least five Israelis.
Israel and Hamas agreed on a ceasefire on Wednesday after eight days of intensive war over the Gaza Strip.
The ceasefire, which took effect at 9 pm local time, was formally announced by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr at a news conference in Cairo. It appeared to avert an escalating battle which had threatened to turn into wider war.
According to the truce agreement, Israel undertook to lift blockade of Gaza and end its terror operations against Hamas officials and Hamas in turn will stop all rocket fire.
The truce took effect after days of heavy bombardments on Gaza and the Palestinian resistance movement had fired hundreds of rockets into Israel.
Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standards of living among the population of about 1.7 million Palestinians.
It should be also noted that Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border guards being reported across the country.
Thousands of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes.
The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups for the deaths, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.
In October 2011, calm was eventually restored in the Arab state after President Assad started a reform initiative in the country, but Israel, the US and its Arab allies are seeking hard to bring the country into chaos through any possible means.
Tel Aviv, Washington and some Arab capitals have been staging various plots in the hope of increasing unrests in Syria.
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