TEHRAN -- Iran’s Parliament Speaker Muhammad Bagher Ghalibaf has condemned the Israeli Knesset chief as a “disgrace to humanity” after the Knesset speaker denied the ongoing starvation of children in Gaza, despite mounting UN evidence.
“Criminal Knesset speaker claims the starvation of Gaza’s children is ‘fake news’. Shame on you!” Ghalibaf wrote Thursday on his official X account, hit out at the Israeli regime for committing the “greatest genocide in history.”
Ghalibaf pointed to multiple United Nations reports confirming famine conditions and widespread child malnutrition in Gaza. “Are UN experts, UNICEF, and international aid organizations lying, while only you tell the truth?” he added. “You are a disgrace to humanity.”
The Iranian speaker’s remarks follow a heated exchange at the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva earlier this week, where he denounced the Israeli regime as the “Nazis of the 21st century,” presenting images of severely malnourished Palestinian children.
In response, the Knesset speaker denied the existence of starvation in Gaza and criticized international media outlets, including The New York Times, for publishing graphic evidence of the humanitarian crisis.
The death toll from starvation and malnutrition in Gaza has reached at least 155, including 89 children, with humanitarian agencies warning of a worsening catastrophe. On Tuesday, the World Food Programme, UNICEF, and the Food and Agriculture Organization jointly stated that Gaza was “on the brink of full-scale famine.”
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, over 60,200 Palestinians — mostly women and children — have been killed and more than 146,000 injured since October 7, 2023, amid the continued Israeli assault and blockade on the besieged enclave.