Ayatollah Khamenei says Palestinian patience, resistance forced Israel to back down

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has lauded the sacrifices and bravery of Palestinians and their resistance against the months-long Israeli aggression, which resulted in a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Khamenei made the remarks taking to X on Thursday hours after a truce deal was announced to end 16 months of Israel’s brutal aggression against Gazans.

The Leaser said: “Today, the world realized that the Palestinian people’s patience and the Palestinian resistance’s resilience have forced the Zionist regime to back down.”

“It will be written in books that one day, a Zionist group massacred thousands of women and children in the most horrific way and at the end, they were quashed.”

Brokered by Qatar and Egypt, the ceasefire was announced by Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani late on Wednesday.

The truce consists of three phases and would come into effect on Sunday over a span of 42 days.

The ceasefire would potentially bring an end to Israel’s devastating genocidal aggression on the territory. It stipulates that a large-scale prisoner exchange will occur, including the release of 1,000 prisoners from Gaza and hundreds of detainees serving lengthy sentences.