Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s highest authority, stated on Tuesday thatTehran denied any involvement in the recent Hamas attack on Israel.However, he praised what he described as Israel’s significant military andintelligence defeat, referring to it as an “irreparable” blow to the nation.
Khamenei emphasized the extent of the damage caused by the attack, likeningit to a destructive earthquake that had severely impacted criticalstructures in Israel. He attributed the disaster to the actions of theZionist regime itself.
Iran has a longstanding history of supporting the Hamas group, whichgoverns the Gaza Strip and rejects Israel’s right to exist.
In response to the attack, Israel announced on Tuesday that it had regainedcontrol over the Gaza border and was deploying mines in areas wheremilitants had breached the barrier during the violent weekend assault. Thisfollowed a night of relentless Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza enclave.
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While the United States asserted on Monday that Iran was complicit inHamas’ attack on Israel, it clarified that it lacked concrete intelligenceor evidence pointing to Tehran’s direct involvement.