Iran Quds Force commander lauds Israel attacks
The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' overseas missions expressed admiration for the assailants behind the recent attacks in Israel, which he took as a sign of the Jewish state's vulnerability.
After a chain of deadly attacks inside Israel, commander of Iran's Quds Force Esmail Ghaani declared that Tehran will support any group fighting Israel.
"We have made it clear to the occupying Zionist regime that any group fighting it will have our blessing," the hard-line commander added, praising new generations of "Palestinian youths who have shaken the occupied territories."
Several Israeli cities have been under tightened security after four deadly shooting, stabbing and car-ramming attacks in only three weeks. "This means the Zionists are too weak to stand against the Islamic Republic," the commander said about Iran's arch-enemy.
Ghaani, who replaced slain Gen. Qasem Soleimani in 2020, made the comments at a ceremony in Tehran commemorating another commander, Mohammad Hejazi, whose sudden and mysterious death sparked widespread speculation. Iran said the commander succumbed to old chemical injuries he sustained during the war with neighboring Iraq back in the 1980s.
