Hawzah News Agency- the text of Ayatollah Arafi's statement is as follows:

Dear brother Ismail Haniyeh
Head of the political office of Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement

I express my condolences on the martyrdom of your family in the Zionist regime's brutal attack on the al -Shahati camp.

The innocent blood of your children with thousands of oppressed Palestinian youth, women and children will make the resistance front proud and scandalize this usurper regime; it will also increase the resistance's faith, patience and steadfastness in it's resolve.

The Zionist regime is coming to its end and has received a historic defeat from the resistance, and such desperate efforts are the reason for its weakness and desperation and will lead to the complete destruction of this regime by God's grace.

The history and conscience of the Islamic Ummah will never forget these sacrifices, which arose from deep Islamic faith and Quranic teachings.

The Islamic seminaries sincerely congratulate and condole the martyrdom of your children and thousands of dear Palestinians and we strongly believe and fully stand by the Palestinian cause until the complete freedom of the Holy Quds and the noble and believing nation of Palestine, which is based on the definitive teachings of the Qur'an, the Sunnah and the traditions of Holy Prophet of Islam and his pure Ahl al-Bayt are based on it.

Alireza Arafi

Head of Iranian Seminaries