Tehran has denied accusations that it helped Palestinian militants to plan the shock assault on Israel that was launched on Saturday morning.
“The selections made by the Palestinian resistance are fiercely autonomous and unwaveringly aligned with the official pursuits of the Palestinian individuals,” Iran’s mission to the UN stated in a press release to the media. “We’re not concerned in Palestine’s response, as it’s taken solely by Palestine itself.”
On Sunday, the Wall Avenue Journal cited a number of sources, together with unnamed members of the Hamas and Hezbollah militant teams, as saying that officers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had helped to plan the assault on Israel since August. It additionally “gave the inexperienced mild” for the operation at a gathering in Beirut, Lebanon final Monday.
Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas spokesman, informed the BBC that the militants had “direct backing” from Iran. Nonetheless, Ali Baraka, one other Hamas official, insisted in an interview with NBC Information that Tehran had not been notified about ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ beforehand. “It was a shock to everybody, together with Iran,” he stated.
Though US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated the White Home had not but seen proof of Tehran’s involvement, some Israeli and American officers accused the Islamic Republic of colluding with Hamas.
The Palestinian militants and allied teams carried out a shock assault on Israel from Gaza, concurrently firing rockets and dispatching troops to infiltrate Israeli settlements. The Israeli authorities responded by declaring battle on Hamas and finishing up airstrikes on Gaza.
Iran has endorsed the assault and urged different Muslim international locations to again the Palestinians towards Israel.
Greater than 700 Israelis and no less than 436 Palestinians have been killed since Saturday.
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