In letter to Ayatollah Khamenei, Islamic Jihad hails Iran's support for Palestine

In his Saturday letter, Ziyad al-Nakhalah said that he has the honor to congratulate the Leader on behalf of himself and the Islamic Jihad forces as well as its armed wing Quds Brigades on the victory of the Palestinian people and their brave resistance against the Zionist enemy.

He added that Ayatollah Khamenei’s "constant, continued and open support" for Palestine in all fields has "played the most important and leading role" in “Operation Sword of al-Quds” and its subsequent achievements.

"Despite the enemy’s [purported] military upper hand, fighters of the resistance entered the battlefield with full power, strength, bravery and courage," he said.

Nakhalah said the Palestinian people and resistance defeated the enemies and revealed the image of the Israeli regime which is "weaker than a spider web." 

The Palestinian resistance official also thanked the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for standing by the Islamic Jihad forces for long and for sincerely providing them with any capability, know-how and assistance leading to such a big victory.  

He especially commemorated the late commander of the Quds Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was martyred near Baghdad airport, Iraq, on January 3, 2020 in a drone strike directly ordered by former US president Donald Trump.

Israel launched a bloody bombing campaign on Gaza on May 10 after harassment of Palestinians in Jerusalem al-Quds and attempts to steal their lands in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of the city.

The occupying regime announced a unilateral ceasefire on Friday, which was accepted by the Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza with Egyptian mediation.

In a message on Friday, Ayatollah Khamenei extended his congratulations to the Palestinian people over the historic victory of the resistance front against the Zionist regime.

The Leader said Palestine will become more powerful and the wicked and usurping regime of Israel will become even weaker when faced with prepared Palestinian youths and power of valuable resistance groups.