After the synagogue shooting, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the attack proved “the resistance knows how to find the appropriate response” to Israeli “crimes”.

Source: https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/28/new-gun-attack-in-east-jerusalem-after-synagogue-mass-shooting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-gun-attack-in-east-jerusalem-after-synagogue-mass-shooting

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem called the Israeli strikes "a continuation of the cycle of aggression against the Palestinian people".

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/02/israeli-warplanes-strike-gaza-following-rocket-fire

Sheikh Qassem affirmed that Hezbollah insists on establishing the state institutions in Lebanon, noting that the Party’s ministers and deputies have shown a shining sample in this regard.

Source: https://english.almanar.com.lb/1778570

‘Tensions between the two nations are now near their highest point since early 2020, when a U.S. airstrike killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/25/us-airstrikes-hit-iran-backed-militias-iraq-after-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

The statement noted that Moussavi was a companion of General Qassem Soleimani, Iran's revered Quds commander who was killed in Baghdad in a US drone strike in 2020.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/israeli-strike-kills-senior-general-syria-iran.1074768