In a message released on Sunday, Qaani described the expansion of Israeli settlements and the regime’s crimes as an attempt to escape its deepening military, security, political and social crisis in the occupied territories.

He stressed that such actions could not hide the Zionist regime’s “strategic defeats” since October 7.

“Palestine is a living and unchanging ideal,” the commander said, expressing confidence that the cause would endure, with God’s help, until “the victory of truth” is achieved.