The head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad says victories in Palestine and Lebanon are owed to Iran’s support and effective role, describing the Islamic Republic as the house of the Axis of Resistance.

According to The Iran Project, Ziyad al-Nakhalah met Iran's Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri in Tehran on Thursday, where he touched on the Islamic Republic's retaliatory operations against the Israeli regime.

Dubbed Operation True Promise I and Operation True Promise II, the strikes were a strategic and influential development in the spirit of regional nations, Nakhala said.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is the home of resistance,” he added.

Nakhalah also praised the effective and constructive role played by the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group in supporting the Palestinian resistance against the genocidal Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. 

“Palestinian resistance fighters fought shoulder to shoulder with Hezbollah comrades against the Zionist regime, and many of them were martyred and injured in the process," he said.

"This is a sign of the unity of the resistance front and a source of pride for the Palestinian nation.”

This military and political synergy among the resistance groups forced the Zionist enemy to retreat and accept the conditions of the resistance front for a ceasefire in the Gaza war, Nakhala said.

Earlier Thursday, the Palestinian resistance handed over the bodies of four Israeli captives, killed in the regime's strikes on Gaza to the International Committee of the Red Cross.