Iran deputy FM hails Gaza victory over Zionist Israel

An Iranian deputy foreign minister has congratulated the people of Gaza and the resistance leaders on the victory against Israel, saying the Palestinian resistance gave a devastating response to Tel Aviv.

“The Palestinian resistance gave a crushing response to Tel Aviv,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Thursday, adding that the resistance front deprived the Israeli regime of any chance to take any imprudent measure.

“Disappointed in breaking down the resistance front and having failed in Syria, the Zionist regime sought to conceal its defeat by launching cowardly attacks against Gaza. But by doing so, it adopted a totally wrong strategy and it had to back down shamefaced,” he added.

On November 14, the Israeli regime launched a deadly offensive on the blockaded Gaza Strip, which killed more than 160 Palestinians and injured some 1,200 others.

In retaliation, Palestinian resistance fighters fired rockets and missiles into the Israeli cities, killing at least five Israelis.

On Wednesday, Egypt announced that the Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas had reached a ceasefire agreement.

Under the deal, the Palestinians and Israelis agreed to end all hostilities against each other. But the Israeli regime did not accept to lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip.

The strip has been under an Israeli blockade since June 2007, which has resulted in mass unemployment, extreme poverty and food price rises.