Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei contended that “the Resistance Front and all Islamic countries should focus on strengthening the fighting elements inside Palestine”, arguing that the “decline [of Israel], which began a few years ago, has accelerated now and the Islamic world must take advantage of this great opportunity”. The same day, Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian spoke with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials, expressing “Iran’s continued spiritual and political support for the Palestinian people and resistance in their struggle to liberate the occupied”.