Iran likens Israelis to Hitler after attack on Qana

Iranian state television quoted Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar saying that a "fate worse than those of Hitler and Saddam awaits Zionist criminals and their supporters."

Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, as Russian forces closed in on his bunker in Berlin. His death hastened the end of World War II.

Saddam Hussein, ousted president of Iraq and enemy of Iran, is on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity over the killing of Shiites in the 1980s. He faces execution by hanging if found guilty and a verdict is expected October.

Najjar's comments were the latest in a war of words which has intensified since July 12, when Israel launched a huge offensive in Lebanon against the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah, which enjoys Iran's moral support. Iran has denied US and Israeli claims that it also provides military backing.

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