NEWSMAX | Published November 19, 2024
In the years leading up to Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion and massacre, the Iranian regime served as the terror group’s main strategic supporter, supplying weapons, training, and hundreds of millions of dollars in funds.
This was revealed by new Hamas documents that were found by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, including letters written by senior commanders, according to a recent report by the Israeli Meir Amit Center, a non-governmental organization with ties to the Israeli intelligence community.
“The documents also provide new information on Iranian involvement in preparations for Hamas ahead of the October 7, 2023 attack, including the coordination with Hezbollah and the deployment of Hamas in the Lebanese arena.”
The report noted that while the newly-discovered documents do not confirm the regime’s claim of being unaware of the timing of Hamas’ attack, they revealed that “Hamas coordinated with Iran for about two years in the preparation of a strategic operation against Israel, with the leaderships of Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran preparing both at the strategic and tactical level for a defining event against Israel.”
The documents highlight the enormous scope of Iran’s financial involvement in the Gaza Strip. One document dated July 30, 2020, signed by a deputy of Marwan Issa, the late second-in-command of Hamas’ military wing, and addressed to former Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar, lists money transfers totaling $154 million between July 2014 and July 2020.
The documents also show that the regime regularly decreased or halted the money transfers during periods of political disagreements, using the funds as a pressure tool to influence the terror group.
For example, in 2022, Hamas renewed ties with Syria’s Assad regime due to Iranian pressure to unite its “Axis of Resistance.”
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SOURCE: www.newsmax.com
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