Iran helped plan the Hamas attack on Israel that killed at least 700 and gave the go-ahead for the assault last Monday at a meeting in Beirut: Islamic Revolutionary Guards devised land, air and sea attack that left the Middle East on the brink of all-out war
Senior members of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah claimed that Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel that killed at least 600 people was given the green light by Iranian security officials.
Hamas planned the air, land and sea invasions with the help of officers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The official approval for the attack was reportedly given during a Monday meeting in Beirut.
Four other Iranian-backed military groups were reportedly at the meeting, including members of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Foreign Secretary Antony Blinken claims he has ‘not yet seen evidence’ that Iran was involved in the attack.
Palestinians are greeted by crowds after returning from crossing the border into Israel on Saturday
“We have no information at this time to substantiate this account,” a US official told the Wall Street Journal.
The Israeli government formally declared war on Sunday and gave the green light for “significant military action” to retaliate against Hamas for its surprise attack from the Gaza Strip.
More than 24 hours after Hamas launched its unprecedented incursion from Gaza, Israeli forces were still crushing the last groups of militant fighters holed up in several towns in southern Israel.
At least 600 people are believed to have died in Israel and more than 300 in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes pounded the area.
More than 100 people are being held hostage, Hamas claimed, according to the Associated Press.
Authorities were still trying to determine how many civilians and soldiers were seized by Hamas fighters during the chaos and taken back to Gaza.
This is a developing story.