Hamas Praises Iran’s Role in ‘World War’ Over Gaza

The heads of the two leading Palestinian groups at war with Israel have praised Iran’s role in an increasingly international conflict over the Gaza Strip in talks with Tehran’s top authority. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held back-to-back meetings in recent days with Ismail Haniyeh, chair of the Hamas movement’s Political Bureau, and Ziyad al-Nakhala, secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, in Tehran. Both Palestinian leaders conveyed their gratitude for the support shown by the Islamic Republic since a Hamas-led coalition of armed Palestinian factions led an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, sparking the deadliest…