Spokesman of Hamas’s Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida:
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"We view with great pride the powerful missile strikes carried out this evening by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeting areas deep inside the criminal enemy entity using new tactics, which resulted in dozens of killed and wounded. We consider this a natural response not only to the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, but also to the genocidal massacres against our Palestinian people in Gaza.
This Nazi Zionist enemy understands only the language of force and proportional retaliation, and imposing a heavy cost on it is what will force it to halt its aggression. Without that, it will continue its rampage and single out our Arab and Islamic countries one after another.
The Islamic Republic today represents a forward line of defense for the entire Islamic nation, and the aggressors will not succeed in breaking the will of the free people and the rightful owners of the land. We renew our call to all the peoples of our nation to stand united against our real enemy and to work together for our central causes, foremost among them the liberation of Palestine."