News - Middle East: An Iranian diplomat says the Israeli regime is the loser in its months-long genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, the Iranian president’s special envoy on Afghanistan affairs, said the United States and Israel intended to invade the Gaza Strip and destroy the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, but they failed and were forced to accept the establishment of an independent Palestinian State after nearly four months of brutal war.
“The US and the Zionist regime initially sought to occupy the Gaza Strip and relocate the Palestinian people to another region, then they announced that they would destroy Hamas and hand over the administration of Palestine to the Palestinian Authority,” Kazemi-Qomi said.
“Now, they say that it is impossible to destroy Hamas and the independent state of Palestine must be formed,” he added, “This is a kind of acknowledgment of the defeat of the Zionist regime in its war in the Gaza Strip.”
The Iranian diplomat underlined that even though the humanitarian and health situation in Gaza is very critical, “we neither see the pressure of Palestinian people on Hamas, nor the migration of people outside the strip.”
Reaffirming that Hamas is the military arm and beating heart of the resistance in Palestine, Kazemi-Qomi said, “Palestinians will never stop supporting Hamas.”
The Iranian diplomat said the Israeli regime’s authorities know that it is not wise to continue the war, adding, “So far, only 20% of the capacity of the resistance forces has entered the battle, and in addition to Gaza, various fronts have been opened by Hezbollah in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq.”