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The allegations were conveyed by international spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Jonathan Conricus at the event “Fox and Friends Weekend“which was launched Fox News on Monday (24/5/2021).
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“No recent violence in the Middle East would have been possible without Iran’s knowledge, funding, expertise and direct involvement in the field,” he said.
“Very clearly, Iranian fingerprints are everywhere in terms of money, knowledge, personnel and energy expended,” he said.
“When the most important countries around the world think about negotiations with Iran, people need to remember [bahwa] Iran is the number one exporter of instability and terror and death and destruction in the Middle East and they must be handled and held accountable as such, “he explained.
Israel announced on Friday that it had reached a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that ended 11 days of fighting in which Hamas fired thousands of rockets at Israel, to which Israel responded with air strikes.
“Iranian specialists, engineers and people who deal with rocketry and explosives have educated and told Hamas engineers how to produce rockets, how to make their own weapons,” said Conricus.
“If it weren’t for Iran’s very specific and detailed intervention, we wouldn’t be in this situation right now,” he explained.
He also explained that the IDF is focused on reducing these capabilities. “Both in terms of the locations where they produce weapons, rockets, and also in terms of key personnel, terrorists, engineers who are behind all the rockets that have been fired all over Israel,” added Conricus.
Hamas has previously admitted to receiving Iranian assistance. Its leader, Ismail Haniyeh, even thanked Tehran for arms and financial assistance to fight Zionist Israel.
Conricus also commented on the march of hundreds of Hamas members on the streets of Gaza on Saturday. During the parade, they brandished their assault rifles and claimed victory in the 11-day war.
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Conricus called it “no surprise.”
“We knew even on the first day of fighting that no matter how hard we attacked Hamas, they, in the end, like all terrorists do, will declare victory, but I don’t think that’s how they felt today,” said Conricus.
“I think there may be a lot of calculations, a lot of reviews after the different actions that Hamas, their seniors have to make, because they are now coming out of the tunnels they hid for 11 days of fighting and meeting the civilians they are responsible for, they are now seeing the magnitude of it. damage to their military infrastructure and they have to face the anger of civilians regarding what is happening in the Gaza Strip and what they, the Hamas leaders, are doing in Gaza … because it is the first time since 2008, “he added.
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