Iran’s top authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Tuesday that Tehran had not been involved in the Hamas group’s weekend attack on Israel, but praised what he called Israel’s “irreparable” military and intelligence defeat.
In his first televised speech since the attack, Khamenei said: “we kiss the hands of those who planned the attack on the Zionist regime.”
“This destructive earthquake has destroyed some critical structures (in Israel) that will not be easily repaired… The Zionist regime’s own actions are to blame for this disaster,” Khamenei said.
Iran has long backed the Hamas group, which controls the Gaza Strip and rejects Israel’s right to exist.
Israel said earlier on Tuesday that it had reestablished control over the Gaza border and was planting mines where militants had brought down the barrier during their bloody weekend assault after another night of relentless Israeli airstrikes on the enclave.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviews the armed forces during a graduation ceremony for armed forces officers at the Imam Ali Academy in Tehran, Iran, October 10, 2023. via REUTERS Iran has long supported time to the Hamas group, which controls the Gaza Strip and rejects it. Israel’s right to exist.via REUTERS Rockets fired by Hamas terrorists from Gaza City are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome defense missile system on October 7, 2023.AFP via Getty Images
The United States said Monday that Iran was complicit in Hamas’s attack on Israel, although it said it had no intelligence or evidence pointing to Tehran’s direct involvement.
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