Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with acting Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya and two other leaders of the Palestinian group in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian state TV reported.

Hayya, criticised U.S. President Donald Trump's plans concerning the Gaza Strip. He stated that they are "doomed to fail." Khalil al-Hayya, a leader of the Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas, sharply criticised U.

The Iranian state media reported the meeting held Thursday but gave no details on what its agenda or outcome was.

Hamas named the next three Israeli hostages it plans to release this weekend as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel. It was a sign that the first phase of the truce was moving forward as planned -- even as many observers fear that U.S. and Israeli plans to remove all the Palestinians from Gaza have imperiled the deal.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has received a high-ranking delegation from the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Leading members of the Hamas politburo met with Khamenei in Tehran, his office said on Saturday.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei met with top Hamas officials in Tehran, declaring that the Palestinian resistance had "overcome the Zionist regime and the US" in the war on Gaza. He praised their efforts,