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Navy Commander: Israel Discredited by Failure in Gaza War TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that Israel's recent defeat in its war on the Gaza Strip discredited the Zionist regime.

"Israel lost its reputation in this war, the Zionist army which claimed to have a great power sustained a heavy defeat in the Gaza Strip which is only 360-square kilometers in size," Sayyari said in an interview with Alaahd news agency.

Sayyari downplayed the Zionist Army size and power, and stated, "Gaza's victory in the recent war over the Zionists was a great and outstanding triumph for the (Palestinian) Resistance (groups)."

Israel triggered an 8-day fighting by assassinating the military chief of the ruling Hamas group on November 14 followed by dozens of airstrikes on Gaza.

In response, Palestinian groups fired over 1,500 missiles and rockets at Israel.

Palestinian resistance groups targeted Tel Aviv and areas near Jerusalem for the first time in the history of confrontations between the two sides, launching a rocket attack in a major escalation of hostilities as Israel pressed forward with relentless airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

Israel called up thousands of reservists and massed troops along the border with Gaza, signaling a ground invasion of the densely populated seaside strip could be imminent.

But the attack on the Israeli settlement, along with an earlier strike on Zionists' capital Tel Aviv, frightened the Israeli regime, making it drop its aggression plans and ask for third party mediation.

Eventually, a Cairo-mediated ceasefire agreement, which took effect on Wednesday November 21, ended the Israeli attacks, which killed more than 165 Palestinians and injured about 1,269 others.

by: farsnews