Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, thanking him for his support for the terrorist group, including by supplying weapons, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
Haniyeh reportedly ended the letter with a wish for the realization of Khamenei's call for the "liberation of Palestine and the victory of the Palestinians over their enemies," according to Iran's Fars News Agency.
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In July, deputy head of Hamas's political branch, Saleh al-Arouri, visited Khamenei in Tehran and delivered another letter from Haniyeh to the Iranian leader.
Meanwhile, Iran said that Hezbollah's missile attack on IDF forces on the northern border was a retaliatory move and that its aim was to safeguard Lebanon's interests, Reuters reported.
"Hezbollah enjoys significant popular support in Lebanon … the Zionist regime's [Israel] punishment by Hezbollah was a reciprocal measure that displayed the resistance front's determination to counter threats," said Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, according to Iran state news agency IRNA.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
