Hamas, too, receives support from Iran and could be used as a proxy.
Protestors shows portraits of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and others killed during US and Israeli strikes on Iran during a demonstration to mark al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, in Kuala Lumpur on March 13.
As part of the Gaza peace plan and an earlier Israel-Hamas ceasefire brokered in January 2025, thousands of Palestinian prisoners have been released from Israeli prisons.
Among them were several hundred who were not permitted to return to Gaza or the West Bank because of their involvement in attacks against Israelis.
