Iran's Revolutionary Guards have claimed responsibility for the October 7th massacre by Hamas, stating it was a retaliatory act for the targeted elimination of Iran's terror chief, Qassem Soleimani, by President Trump.
However, Hamas has refuted these claims.
Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, in a statement to Iran's state-run ISNA news agency, said, "The Al-Aqsa Flood (the Hamas massacre) was one of the acts of revenge for the assassination of General Soleimani by the U.S. and the Zionists." He further pledged continued acts of vengeance at varying times and locations, in retaliation for the death of Iranian Major General Razi Mousavi, who was killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Syria this week.
Hamas, however, has denied any Iranian involvement, stating, "We have repeatedly confirmed the motives and reasons for Operation Al Aqsa Flood, and foremost are the dangers that threaten Al Aqsa Mosque. We also confirm that all acts of Palestinian resistance come in response to the Zionist occupation and its ongoing aggression against our people and our holy sites."
The Wall Street Journal reported in late October that as many as 500 men affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad underwent training in Iran prior to the October 7th massacre. These exercises reportedly took place in September, during which the terrorists received specialized combat training, according to JNS reports.
Iran is known to support the Hamas terror organization, as well as the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and the Houthi militia in Yemen, which poses a threat to commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The Daily Telegraph reported that Hezbollah trained Hamas terrorists to paraglide in Lebanon. Former CIA official Marc Polymeropoulos told The Washington Post that Iran has invested 13.1 billion in developing a global network of terror proxies since the Obama administration began easing sanctions in 2012.
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reports that the plan for the Hamas attack was orchestrated by the late Iranian terrorist chief Qassem Soleimani, who was eliminated by President Donald Trump in January 2020 for his attacks on US military personnel in Iraq, resulting in the deaths of over 600 Americans.
The Biden administration has reportedly provided up to $50 billion in sanctions relief to Tehran, according to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, thereby enabling Tehran to fund terror campaigns globally.
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