Tehran: Iran’s everlasting mission to the United Nations in New York rejected claims linking Tehran to Hamas’ October 7 shock assault on Israel, the state media reported.
In a press release, the Iranian mission responded to questions from The New York Occasions and The Wall Road Journal relating to Israel’s declare of accessing minutes from Hamas’ secret conferences, which allegedly indicated Tehran was knowledgeable of the group’s plan for the October 7 assault, the IRNA reported.
“Whereas Hamas officers primarily based in (the Qatari capital) Doha have introduced that that they had no details about the operation and solely Hamas’ navy wing primarily based in Gaza had been liable for the planning, deciding about and directing the operation, any declare aiming to partially or solely hyperlink the operation to Iran or Hezbollah is invalid and comes from fabricated paperwork,” stated the mission, Xinhua information company reported, quoting IRNA.
The New York Occasions reported on Saturday that minutes of Hamas’ secret conferences, seized by the Israeli navy and obtained by the American newspaper, supplied an in depth document of the planning for the October 7 assault, in addition to the willpower of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ incumbent political bureau chief, to steer the Palestinian group’s allies, Iran and Hezbollah, to hitch the operation or not less than decide to a broader battle with Israel if Hamas staged a shock cross-border raid.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on southern Israel, killing round 1,200 folks and taking roughly 250 hostages. In response, the Israeli navy has been conducting a large-scale offensive on Gaza.
Iranian officers have constantly acknowledged that whereas Iran helps Palestinian resistance teams, together with Hamas, it had no prior information of the assault on Israel and was not concerned in its execution.
