While many analysts and most of the international community refuses to acknowledge Iran’s role in fueling tensions on Israel’s border with Gaza, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwarthis week boasted of his organization’s “strong and warm” ties with Iran and Hizballah.
In an interview Monday with Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV channel, Sinwar admitted that Iran funnels “a lot of money, equipment and expertise” to Hamas’ military wing and other Gaza-based terrorist organizations, reports the Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI),
For helping Hamas develop its capabilities, Sinwar thanked “first and foremost the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has provided the Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas’ military wing) and the other factions of the resistance a lot of money, equipment, and expertise,” adding that “our ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran, with brother Qasem Soleimani and the other brothers in the IRGC leadership are very strong, powerful, and warm. Our relations with the Islamic Republic are excellent.”
In December, senior Hamas official Saleh Al-Arouri bragged about Hamas’ ties with Iran and Hizballah, and formally credited the Islamic Republic for arming Palestinian terrorist groups.
“Who supports the resistance in Gaza and Palestine? Iran. It is Iran and Hizballah that confront that entity [Israel] along with us,” Al-Arouri said in a Dec. 30 interview on Al-Quds TV.
He admitted that “the aid Iran provides to the resistance is not merely symbolic” and that “nobody but Iran gives us [Palestinian terrorist groups] any military support.”
In his latest interview, Sinwar also discussed “excellent relations” with Hizballah and revealed that both terrorist groups “coordinate and are in touch on an almost daily basis.”
This is the latest in a growing number of statements from senior Hamas and Hizballah leaders acknowledging that relations have reached new heights – to the point where Hizballah is helping Hamas build military infrastructure in south Lebanon to threaten Israel.
These connections and public admissions are ignored by Israel bashers in the West.
This is supposed to be shocking? People with open eyes on the front of their faces already know this. Only the anti-Semitic left denies it.