Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel is directly linked to Iran’s efforts to derail efforts to normalize relations between the Jewish state and Saudi Arabia, experts told The Post on Saturday.
“While we will inevitably learn more in the coming days, it is clear that Iran – which finances, trains, aids and supports Hamas – wanted to send a big statement to Arab countries not to normalize their relations with Israel,” said spokesman Morgan Ortagus. of the United States Department of State from 2019 to 2021, he told The Post.
“Iran seeks the destruction of peace and stability in the Middle East.”
Tehran, which has long aided Hamas with financial and military support, openly applauded the Islamist fighters, and Saturday’s attack killed more than 200 Israelis and wounded 1,000.
Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed Saturday that the Islamic Republic would back the terrorist group, which it finances and supports, “until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem,” according to Politico. .
Experts believe Iran played a crucial role in the Hamas attack on Saturday in an effort to ruin relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. WAEL HAMZEH/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Hamas has killed more than 200 Israelis and wounded 1,000 in Saturday attacks. ZUMAPRESS.com
The unprecedented raid comes amid recent talks aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Tehran’s regional rival, as part of a trilateral agreement with the United States. The agreement that had been taking shape was aimed at increasing stability in the Middle East, addressing the Iranian nuclear threat and increasing economic cooperation.
In the midst of the talks, Khamenei warned that any country that tries to normalize relations with the Jewish state “will suffer losses.”
Former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman, who was in Jerusalem on Saturday, agreed that Iran likely played a crucial role in Saturday’s attack, noting that Tehran just received a cash windfall from the United States. as part of a prisoner exchange that he likely handed over to his terrorist representatives, but warned that there were “many pieces.”
A burgeoning trilateral agreement between Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States would have increased stability in the Middle East, repelled the Iranian nuclear threat and increased economic cooperation. AP
Friedman said the timing of the Hamas attack (almost the day of the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War) certainly had symbolic importance, but added that amid talks about normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia, Hamas possibly felt “the need to show that they are still relevant and don’t like to be ignored.”
Hamas military commander Muhammad Deif has claimed that Islamist fighters launched their surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, dubbed “Operation Al-Aqsa Deluge,” in retaliation for the recent “desecration” of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located in the Temple Mount, by the Jewish State. in Jerusalem.
Deif claimed the attacks are revenge for the 16-year blockade of Gaza, Israeli incursions into the West Bank and violence in Al Aqsa, the disputed holy site in Jerusalem.
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