“We condemn the unprecedented and unprovoked terrorist attack on Israel coordinated by the Islamic Republic of Iran through its proxy Hamas,” Heritage Foundation national security experts Victoria Coates and Robert Greenway said in a statement. “Absent significant training, equipment, and intelligence capabilities supplied by Iran, Hamas would never have been able to have carried out such an operation.”
Lina Khatib, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute at the University of London, said: “An attack of such scope could only have happened after months of planning and would not have happened without coordination with Iran.”
“Hamas, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, does not singlehandedly make decisions to engage in war without prior explicit agreement from Iran,” Khatib added.
Iran, the leading state sponsor of terror, uses an extensive terror network to wield influence in the Middle East. The loud support that Tehran has voiced for Hamas’ invasion of Israel has left some experts suggesting that Tehran may have pushed Hamas into acting in order to scuttle a budding relationship between Saudi Arabia and the Jewish state, according to Politico.
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Lina Khatib, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute at the University of London, said: “An attack of such scope could only have happened after months of planning and would not have happened without coordination with Iran.”
“Hamas, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, does not singlehandedly make decisions to engage in war without prior explicit agreement from Iran,” Khatib added.
Iran, the leading state sponsor of terror, uses an extensive terror network to wield influence in the Middle East. The loud support that Tehran has voiced for Hamas’ invasion of Israel has left some experts suggesting that Tehran may have pushed Hamas into acting in order to scuttle a budding relationship between Saudi Arabia and the Jewish state, according to Politico.
Experts Point To Iran After Hamas Invades Israel: ‘Would Not Have Happened Without’ Iran
Suspicion mounts against Iran after Hamas invaded Israel on Saturday as experts weigh Tehran’s response and its interest in unsettling the Middle East. Israel began retaliatory strikes against Hamas targets on Saturday under “Operation Swords of Iron.” Experts say the Hamas invasion likely could...