Iranian Commander: Next Move of Hamas to Stun Israel

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian military commander warned the Israeli regime that in case it continues the current attacks on the Gaza Strip, it will be badly shocked by the next move of the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas.

"Hamas and other (Palestinian) combatants' defensive moves will be completely unprecedented and shocking if the Israelis' imposed war on Gaza continues," Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces for Cultural Affairs and Defense Publicity Brigadier General Massoud Jazzayeri told FNA on Saturday.

He stressed the high morale of the Palestinian resistance groups, and said, "Based on the existing information, the Zionist occupiers and troops will be brought to their knees by the next military moves of Gaza fighters."

Jazzayeri dismissed the importance of Israel's air defense shield, dubbed as Iron Dome, and noted that the rockets fired by the Palestinian resistance forces will hit wherever necessary.

Hamas warned on Saturday that 50,000 Palestinian combatants and 5,000 martyrdom-seeking forces are ready in the Gaza Strip to confront any ground offensive by the Zionist regime.

"Over 50,000 Palestinian combatants are ready to confront any ground assault on Gaza," Representative of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas in Beirut Ali Baraka told the Arabic Al-Sharq al-Jadid news agency.

He further added 5,000 martyrdom-seeking Palestinian forces are ready as well to stand against any ground operation by Israel against the coastal enclave.

Meantime, different Palestinian resistance groups in a Friday night meeting in Gaza concluded that Israel is not serious about ceasefire, and underlined that they would confront the Zionist regime's attacks on the Palestinian territories in Gaza.

The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, has fired 107 missiles on sensitive Israeli sites in recent days, news reports said on Saturday.

Also, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, has fired over 724 missiles at Zionist positions so far. The al-Quds Brigades announced that its missiles have hit Zikim and Irez regions in the occupied territories.

It also confirmed that a Zionist settlement in Be'r Tofia was hit by its missiles fired from the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian resistance groups targeted a settlement near Jerusalem for the first time on Friday, launching a rocket attack in a major escalation of hostilities as Israel pressed forward with relentless airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

Israel triggered the current fighting by assassinating the military chief of the ruling Hamas group on Wednesday, followed by dozens of airstrikes on Gaza.

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