The Foreign Ministry of Israel has reacted to a report by Wall Street Journal (WSJ) which says, “Iran helped plot attack on Israel over several weeks”.
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| Israel mobilizes soldiers after Hamas surprise attack in the early hours of Saturday. Photo: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL |
According to Israel Foreign Ministry:
“According to the Wall Street Journal Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s Saturday surprise attack on Israel
Iran gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group.
Officers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had worked with Hamas since August to devise the air, land and sea incursions—the most significant breach of Israel’s borders since the 1973 Yom Kippur War—those people said. Details of the operation were refined during several meetings in Beirut attended
Details of the operation were refined during several meetings in Beirut attended
by IRGC officers and representatives of four Iran-backed militant groups, including Hamas, which holds power in Gaza, and Hezbollah, a Shiite militant group and
political faction in Lebanon, they said.
U.S. officials say they haven’t seen evidence of Tehran’s involvement. In an interview with CNN that aired Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “We have not yet seen evidence that Iran directed or was behind this particular attack, but there is certainly a long relationship.””
