Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, sent a message to Naim Qassem, secretary general of Hezbollah, in which he claimed that "the cease-fire on the Lebanese front is a strategic failure for Israel." According to him, "Israel has not even come close to achieving its goals in the war against Hezbollah." Salami noted that "the cease-fire in Lebanon could mark the beginning of the cessation of the war in Gaza."


