"We invite (President) Ahmadinejad to pay a visit to the Gaza Strip, and we are confident that the visit will have extraordinary importance," deputy foreign minister of Hamas elected government Ahmed Yousef told FNA in Gaza.
He said that the visit will boost the morale of the resistance front the same as what happened during President Ahmadinejad's visit to Lebanon.
Many analysts called Ahmadinejad's October visit to Lebanon as a moral-boost move, specially after thousands of people and officials took to the streets in Beirut to extend him an unprecedented welcome.
During his visit to Lebanon in October, the Iranian president appreciated the Lebanese people and government for their firm resistance against the plots and aggressions of the Zionist regime.
Saluting the struggle of the Lebanese people, government and army in face of Zionist enemies' aggressions, President Ahmadinejad said at a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman in Beirut that Lebanon is the source of honor for the Middle East region.
Ahmadinejad visited Lebanon's Southern border town of Bint Jbeil and village of Qana, and hailed the resistance shown by them during the 33-day war against the Zionist regime of Israel in summer 2006.
Addressing a large crowd of residents of Bint Jbeil, a town severely devastated by violent Israeli attacks in 2006, Ahmadinejad called the town "the capital of resistance and victory."
During his visit to Qana, Ahmadinejad said that the people of Lebanon and the martyrs of Qana serve as proof of Israel's criminal conduct.
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