Hamas senses a bigger storm? Iranian proxy desperately pleads with 'brothers in...' amid Gulf crisis

Amid the escalating US‑Israel-Iran war, Hamas has taken the unusual step of publicly backing Tehran’s “right to respond” to Israeli and American strikes while simultaneously pleading with Iran to stop targeting neighboring Arab states, warning that wider regional escalation could spiral into a full‑blown Middle East war. The Gaza-based group framed its statement as both solidarity with Iran and a stark caution, urging its “brothers in Iran” to keep retaliation tightly focused on Israel and US assets and to avoid missile or drone attacks on countries hosting American forces, which Hamas fears could trigger domestic backlash, destabilize key Arab partners, and drag the entire “Resistance Front” into uncontrollable conflict. In the same breath, Hamas praised the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for years of political, diplomatic, and military support to the Palestinian cause and armed “resistance,” condemned his killing as a “heinous crime” by the US and Israel, and appealed to the international community to halt the war-signaling that while Iran’s allies remain ideologically aligned, they are increasingly anxious about spillover, even as Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem declares his movement “fully prepared” for a long confrontation with Israel.