Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian announced that opening a “new front” against Israel in the Middle East depends on the “actions” of the Hebrew state in the Gaza Strip, which is subject to intense bombing. About 1,300 Israelis were killed in the surprise Hamas operation, while more than 1,500 Palestinians died, according to local authorities, including many civilians, during six days of intense bombardment on the Gaza Strip, where entire buildings were turned into rubble.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Thursday that the continuation of crimes against the Palestinians will receive a response from “the rest of the axes” and Israel will be responsible for the consequences.

Israel is bombing Gaza in response to a Hamas attack there this week, which killed at least 1,300 people, the deadliest attack on civilians in Israel's history. While more than 1,500 Palestinians were killed.

The Iranian minister said that the displacement of Palestinians and cutting off water and electricity from the Gaza Strip are war crimes.

He added in statements via a television translator after his arrival in Beirut: “Some Western officials wondered whether there was an intention to open a new front against the Zionist entity. Of course, in light of the continuation of these circumstances, which constitute war crimes.”

He continued, "The continuation of war crimes against Palestine and Gaza will receive a response from the rest of the axes, and it is natural that the Zionist entity and its supporters will be responsible for the consequences of that."

He did not specify those axes, but the resistance axes indicate an alliance between Iran, armed Palestinian groups, Syria, the Lebanese Hezbollah group, and other factions.