Hundreds of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters reportedly travelled to Iran to receive “specialised combat training” in the weeks before the October 7 attack on Israel.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps trained 500 militants in September to prepare them for the surprise assault, which left 1,400 Israelis dead, The Wall Street Journal reports.
They then paraglided over the border and rode in on motorcycles, which the WSJ claims have never been used by Hamas before but are commonly used by Iranian paramilitary groups. “Before the war, Iran directly assisted Hamas with money, training and weapons and technological know-how,” Hagari said. On Tuesday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke out against Tehran, telling French President Emmanuel Macron that Israel is facing an “axis of evil, led by Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis and their minions”.
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