Hezbollah congratulated Hamas on victory against Israel.

Leader of the powerful guerilla group Hezbollah sent message of joy to Hamas chief Khalid Mashal on destorying Israeli plans for Gaza.

Nasrallah said that this is the "second Zionist defeat" in two and a half years. He was referring to the "historic victory" that Hizbullah scored in its 2006 war with Israel in Lebanon.

Hezbollah leader praised the "heroic confrontations by heroes of the Palestinian resistance. They remained united in the battlefield."

"You have achieved victory by confronting the Zionist aggression on Gaza", said Hasan Nasrallah.

Israel launched war in Gaza aiming to "end Hamas rule".

After three weeks its withdrew its troops when it knew it could not remove Hamas from power, nor end its rocket attacks on Israel.

Iran mocked Israeli plans: Israel thought it would see the "white flag" from Peoplpe in Gaza. It made a "big mistake". Now the "deceitful" west does not want the world to know the victory of Gazans. Iran predicts end of Israel is near. The "next victory" will be seen when the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and entire Palestine is "freed" from Zionist occupation. Chairman Rafsanjani said this victory of the people in Gaza has indeed happened, although the western media hides the truth because it "does not want" the people of the world to believe Hamas had won. He said Israeli military was "disappointed" in achieving its aims, it withdrew from Gaza, suffering heavy damages. Israel had expected a "short war" leading to the fall of the "legal government" of Hamas, but it had made a "grave miscalculation".

Syrian President also congratulated Hamas on Islamist movement's "victory" over Israel in Gaza. President Asad hailed Hamas for remaining strong during the war: "Israel's inability to achieve its objectives despite using the deadliest of weaponry is proof of the devotion of the Palestinian people to its territorial rights and its deep belief in victory against occupation and aggression."

Hamas gave Israel one week to pull its troops out of Gaza. Israel completed its troop pullout within 7 day deadline.