Malaysia, Iran resolute in addressing humanitarian crisis in Gaza

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on the critical situation unfolding in Palestine amid Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory.

"We are both resolute in finding ways to address the conflict especially the humanitarian condition involving innocent Palestinian civilians," Zambry wrote on X, Tuesday.

Zambry said he and Hossein would discuss the issues further during the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Iranian news agency (IRNA) reported that during the phone conversation with Zambry, Hossein called for the opening of a humanitarian corridor in the war-hit Gaza Strip, where the civilian population is subjected to relentless Israeli airstrikes and a full blockade by the regime.

The top Iranian diplomat said an end to "war crimes against the civilians in Gaza and the humanitarian siege” is the most important issue at the current time.

"The continued war crimes against the civilians and genocide by the Zionist regime have no boundaries. This regime has destroyed a children’s hospital in Gaza, using phosphorous bombs and massacred children hospitalised there,” he told his Malaysian counterpart. - BERNAMA