gaza, jan. 4 (xinhua) -- s*ral gaza-based factions and military wings are on alert for any possible escalation as a result of the u.s. killing of senior iranian commander qassem soleimani, according to local palestinian *ysts.
the *ysts said these political factions and military wings in gaza, mainly the islamic hamas movement and the palestinian islamic jihad, "are so strong," which vowed a powerful avenge to soleimani's assassination.
early on friday, soleimani, commander of quds force of iranian islamic revolution guards corps, and abu mahdi al-muhandis, deputy chief of iraq's paramilitary hashd shaa* forces, were killed in a u.s. drone strike near baghdad airport, sparking outrage among some political factions and military wings in gaza.
hani al-masri, director of the ramallah-based palestinian center for policy research