Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Hamas informed Tehran that "it has the ability to continue fighting for several months." According to him, "the U.S. sent us messages that it does not want to expand the war." We responded and told the US, 'We don't intend to expand it, but you are the ones doing it.'" He further claimed: "The resistance today is strong and Hezbollah and Ansar Allah (the Houthis) support Gaza. Eighty days and Hamas has not been eliminated and no hostages have been released, and now they are turning to us and other parties to release the hostages. Hamas is running the Gaza Strip and the war with Israel." (Lior Ben Ari)