Iranian Speaker: Gazans’ Resistance Sets Role Model for Independent States

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani stressed that the resistance shown by the defenseless people in Gaza during different conflicts with the Zionist regime sets a role model for all independent countries.

Larijani said that the resistance of the Palestinians, in particular the people of Gaza, against the aggressions of the Zionist regime sets a model for independent nations and added that the achievements by the Palestinians against Israel were made thanks to the morale of resistance, which needs to be maintained.

He reiterated that the Palestinian cause can be realized and the occupied lands can be liberated only through resistance.

Larijani made the remarks in a Wednesday meeting with Emad al-Alami, a member of Hamas Political Bureau.

Israel triggered an 8-day fighting by assassinating the military chief of the ruling Hamas group on November 14 followed by dozens of airstrikes on Gaza.

In response, Palestinian groups fired over 1,500 missiles and rockets at Israel.

Palestinian resistance groups targeted Tel Aviv and areas near Jerusalem for the first time in the history of confrontations between the two sides, launching a rocket attack in a major escalation of hostilities as Israel pressed forward with relentless airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

Israel called up thousands of reservists and massed troops along the border with Gaza, signaling a ground invasion of the densely populated seaside strip could be imminent.

But the rocket attacks on areas deep in the occupied territories (Israel) frightened the Israeli regime, and made it drop its aggression plans and ask for third party mediation.

Eventually, a Cairo-mediated ceasefire agreement, which took effect on Wednesday November 21, ended the Israeli attacks, which killed more than 165 Palestinians and injured about 1,269 others.