Israeli-Hamas: Iran’s Raisi, Saudi Arabia’s MBS Discuss Need to End War

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on their first phone conversation discussed the need to end the war between Israel and Hamas since Tehran and Riyadh restored ties.

According to Mohammad Jamshidi, a political adviser to the Iranian president, the two leaders spoke on X about the “need to end war crimes against Palestine” on Wednesday.

The importance of Islamic unity was emphasized, and it was believed that the crimes committed by the regime and its supporters, as well as the US approval, would create a dangerous sense of insecurity. “.

The dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and its effects on civilians were highlighted by MBS, according to the Saudi state news agency SPA. He also expressed his deep concern for both of these issues. “.

According to SPA, the Saudi crown prince added that the country was making “every effort to engage with all international and regional parties to stop the ongoing escalation.”

Following Hamas’s multifaceted attack inside Israel over the weekend, Israel conducted air raids on Gaza for a fourth day in a row as the two leaders were speaking.

According to Palestinian and Israeli officials, the violence has already claimed the lives of more than 1,200 Palestinians in Gaza and 1,300 people in Israel.

In March, relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran were restored as a result of a deal negotiated by China that put an end to their seven-year-long hostility.

Following the execution of a prominent Shia scholar in Saudi Arabia, protesters broke into Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in 2016. As a result, Riyadh severed ties with Tehran.