Adviser To Iran Supreme Leader Calls Hamas Attack On Israel 'proud' Operation
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published October 07, 2023 | 07:25 PM
A senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed support for an attack Hamas launched against Israel on Saturday, calling it a "proud operation".
Tehran, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Oct, 2023) A senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed support for an attack Hamas launched against Israel on Saturday, calling it a "proud operation".
"We support the proud operation of Al-Aqsa Flood," Yahya Rahim Safavi said at a meeting held in support of Palestinian children in Tehran, quoted by ISNA news agency.
"We support this operation, and we are sure that the resistance front also supports this issue," said Safavi, who is senior general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The Palestinian group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, launched barrages of rockets at Israel from dawn on Saturday as its militants crossed into Israel.
At least 22 people have been killed in Israel so far during the violence, according to the latest toll issued by Israeli medics.
Safavi expressed backing for the Palestinian militants "until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem".
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani also hailed the Palestinian assault on Israel.
"Today's operation marked a new page in the field of resistance and armed operations against the occupiers," he said.
"The resistance has so far achieved brilliant victories during this operation, and this is a bright spot in the history of the Palestinian people's struggle against the Zionists."
At a parliament session on Saturday, Iranian lawmakers chanted "Down with Israel", "Down with America", and "Welcome Palestine", according to a video published by Tasnim news agency.
Iran, which hosted leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in June, considers Israel its arch enemy.
The two sides have for years been engaged in a shadow war, with Iran accusing Israel of a series of sabotage attacks and assassinations targeting its nuclear programme.
The United States and Israel have previously accused Iran of using drones and missiles to attack US forces and Israel-linked ships in the Gulf.
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