IDF spokesperson Brig General Danny Hagari said that “there is no indication of an Iranian involvement in the war in Gaza”
“US officials say they have no information to corroborate this and the top US diplomat said today that he hasn’t yet seen any Iranian involvement in the attacks”
“..one of Israel’s preeminent experts on Iran:” I highly doubt whether Iran was significantly involved in Hamas’s latest action”
I thought Hamas was aligned with the MB and Egypt. Hezzbollah is Iran.
Time will tell.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1f8awzwt
The IDF spokesperson said on Monday that there is no concrete knowledge of any Iran involvement in the Hamas assault, in its planning or its execution. He said Israel and the U.S. were in close coordination to secure the region against Iranian aggressions.
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/beware-of-the-wsjs-irresponsible
Beware of the WSJ’s Irresponsible Reporting
If there were evidence of Iranian involvement in the attack, one would expect U.S. and Israeli officials to be shouting about it from the rooftops.
DANIEL LARISON
OCT 9, 2023
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The Wall Street Journal was very quick to publish a report alleging direct Iranian involvement in preparing Hamas’ surprise attack in Israel:
Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group.
Officers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had worked with Hamas since August to devise the air, land and sea incursions—the most significant breach of Israel’s borders since the 1973 Yom Kippur War—those people said.
The rush to tie Iran directly to this attack is worrying. Given how thin the sourcing is for this report, it is dangerous and irresponsible to put out a story containing such explosive claims. Unfortunately, we know that this report, no matter how inaccurate and unfounded it is, will be used by hawks to ratchet up tensions with Iran to the detriment of everyone in the region.