Iran's supreme leader says Israel is committing 'shameless crimes' against children

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said connected Saturday that Israel is committing "shameless crimes" against children, not combatants.

His comments came a time aft an Israeli airstrike connected the Lebanese capital, Beirut, killed astatine slightest 31 people, including 3 children and 7 women, according to the Lebanese wellness ministry.

Friday's strike, which according to a root targeted a gathering adjacent to a nursery, was the deadliest successful a twelvemonth of struggle betwixt Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah militia.

It followed 2 days of attacks successful which pagers and walkie-talkies utilized by Hezbollah members exploded. Lebanon blamed the attacks connected Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement.

Khamenei said Israel was not adjacent hiding its antithetic forms of "shameless crimes" successful Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria.

It is not combating "fighting men, but mean people," Khamenei told a radical of envoys from Muslim countries successful Tehran successful remarks broadcast connected authorities TV.

"Unable to wounded the existent fighters successful Palestine, they are venting their malicious choler connected tiny children, connected infirmary patients, and connected schools filled with young children."

Also connected Saturday, successful a amusement of strength, Iran unveiled its "Jihad" single-stage liquid-fuel ballistic rocket with a high-explosive detachable warhead and a scope of 1,000 kilometers, according to authorities TV.

The missiles were displayed, on with different subject hardware, during a parade marking the day of the commencement of the 1980-88 warfare with Iraq.