Iran on Saturday celebrated the Hamas assault on Israel (File)
Tehran:
Supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday denied any Iranian involvement in Hamas’s shock weekend assault on Israel regardless of its robust help for the Palestinian terrorist group.
“The supporters of the Zionist regime (Israel) and a few individuals within the usurping regime have been spreading rumours over the previous two or three days, together with that Islamic Iran was behind this motion. They’re incorrect,” he mentioned in a speech at a navy academy.
“In fact, we defend Palestine, we defend the struggles,” he added, urging “the entire Islamic world” to “help the Palestinians.”
He mentioned Israel has suffered an “irreparable failure” on each “navy and intelligence” fronts.
“Everybody has spoken of the failure, I put the emphasise on its irreparability,” he mentioned.
Iran took the lead on Saturday in celebrating the Hamas assault through which at the least 1,500 gunmen charged the border earlier than finishing up a bloody rampage by means of Israeli communities that left greater than 900 lifeless.
The Israeli military mentioned it was the only deadliest occasion within the nation’s historical past and has responded with a ferocious bombardment of Gaza the place officers say at the least 687 individuals have been killed.
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