Gen. Qaani: Axis of Resistance stays united with Gaza fighters
The head of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has assured the military wing of Hamas in the Gaza Strip of the solidarity of the “Axis of Resistance” with Palestinian fighters.
“Your brothers in the axis of Al-Quds and the resistance are united with you, and they will not allow the enemy to reach its dirty goals in Gaza and Palestine,” Brig. Gen. Ismail Qaani said in a message on Thursday, Press TV reported.
The Axis of Resistance refers to an alliance among Iran, Syria and anti-Israeli groups in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere.
Gen. Qaani hailed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm by Palestinian resistance fighters on Oct. 7, which caught Israel off guard and shattered the regime’s myth of superiority in everything from military to intelligence power.
The message came after the Western media claimed that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh had gotten a dressing-down from Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran. On Thursday, senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan dismissed claims to this effect as “pure lies and slander,” saying the British news agency Reuters “has published worthless lies instead of news”.
“Everyone knows the nature of the relationship between the Hamas movement and the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as the position of the country in supporting the Palestinian cause and its resistance, and especially the Hamas movement, and they know the view of Ayatollah Khamenei in supporting the Palestinian resistance.