The Israeli defense minister likened the prospect to the security paradigm in Judea and Samaria.

Troops have reportedly killed some 3,000 out of 4,000 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Khan Yunis.

“We both agreed to support the Islamic resistance in Palestine,” the Iranian president said following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Around two-thirds said the Hamas terror attacks in southern Israel were a “legitimate resistance operation.”

The combat in the Hamas stronghold is expected to last at least several days.

Earlier this week, the Israeli defense minister signaled the impending end to heavy combat operations in Gaza.

Israel believes the Islamist group built between 350 and 450 miles of subterranean terror infrastructure.

The military’s largest regular-service armored division exited the Gaza Strip for rest and training.

Terrorists counting down until Israel’s departure from Gaza “need to change the count until the end of their lives,” warned Israel’s defense minister.

“Palestinians’ voices and aspirations must be at the center of post-crisis governance in Gaza,” a US government spokesperson told JNS.