The commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Palestinian youth slapped “miserable” Israel in the face during its military aggression on the West Bank city of Jenin.
Brigadier General Esmail Qa’ani made the remarks in a ceremony at the Islamic Azad University in Tehran on Wednesday, following Israel’s deadly aerial and ground offensive against Jenin and its refugee camp.
“The Palestinians were never as powerful and strong as they are today. On the contrary, the criminal Israelis were never in trouble, division, and misery like they are now. The Palestinians learned the way to live and fight with dignity from [Iran’s] Islamic Revolution,” he said.
“The Zionist regime deployed all its forces to the Jenin camp, but the Palestinian youth slapped it in the face. In some days, Palestinians carried out more than 30 operations in the West Bank against the Zionist regime.”
On Tuesday, the Israeli military withdrew its troops from Jenin, ending its two-day raid that killed at least 12 Palestinians and injured some 100 others. The aggression drew a wave of condemnations from across the world.
The Jenin incursion was launched amid already elevated tensions across the West Bank, with the Israeli military conducting near-nightly raids against the Palestinian towns and the Palestinian people conducting retaliatory operations.
Also in his remarks, the IRGC commander highlighted the correct path of resistance that led to Syria’s success in a foreign-backed conflict.
“Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei emphasizes that the cost of compromise is more than that of resistance, it is really true. Today, resistance has proven itself in the defense field… Over 70 countries joined hands against Syria, but the resistance brought our president to Syria, where he put a golden seal in the book of resistance,” he asserted, referring to Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi’s visit to Syria in May.
Iran was the first country to rush to Syria’s aid following the 2011 outbreak of the campaign of militancy and destruction. In 2017, military advisory assistance provided by the Islamic Republic helped the Arab nation score a monumental victory over the Daesh terrorist group.
General Qa’ani also said that the Islamic Republic has exercised resistance in the political and economic fields and that it is teaching its successful experience to other countries.
The enemies are so “upset” and “helpless that they assassinate the first person in the fight against terrorism,” he added, referring to the US assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani in January 2020.
“Today, the Islamic Republic is among the most decisive in the region,” the commander noted, comparing Iran’s position to that of the US, which “spent 7 trillion dollars in the region over the past 20 years, but achieved nothing and instead lost something every day.”
