It was theIran and gave Hamas the green light last Monday to carry out the bloodiest attack against Israel in the last 50 years. The suspicion that many analysts had already considered is confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, which exclusively reports details of the last crucial meeting held a week ago in Beirut, attended by Tehran security officials along with members of the Islamist group. Another newspaper, the Times of Israel, reveals instead that theEgypt he had repeatedly informed Israel’s allies that “something big” was brewing. But Jewish state officials, focused on the tense situation in the West Bank, had downplayed the concerns.
According to the American business newspaper, it was he who coordinated the organization of the death plan, which was carried out at dawn on October 7th Ismail Qaanithe commander of Quds Brigadesthe armed wing of the Pasdaran. A complex operation whose preparations dated back to last April but were accelerated from August.
The attack, which surprised Israeli intelligence, counted on unprecedented cooperation between the two Iranian-backed groups Hamas and Hamas Hezbollah. The first is the Sunni movement that controls this Gaza Strip The second is the Shiite group operating in Lebanon since 2007.
According to sources within Hamas and Hezbollah consulted by The Wall Street Journal, the two movements tested Israel’s defense systems in late spring by launching limited attacks from Gaza and Lebanon. In parallel, in the Land of the Cedars, meetings have been taking place more frequently over the past two months, at least two a week, between the same organizations and the commanders of the Quds Brigades. Qaani was not the only one present at many of these meetings. In fact, so were the commanders of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Islamic Jihad al-Nakhalah and the military leader of Hamas Saleh al-Arouri. Even Tehran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is said to have attended some meetings.
However, the exclusive revelations directly affecting Iran have not yet been confirmed by the United States. In an interview with CNN the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken He said: “We have not yet seen any evidence that Tehran directed or was involved in the attack, but there is certainly a long history of cooperation.” Iran, for its part, has acknowledged its proximity to Hamas but denied its direct involvement and claims the Islamist group acted independently. The Iranian mission to the United Nations said that “the Israelis are trying to justify their failure by attributing it to our operational and intelligence power.” The Ayatollah regime then threatened to fire rockets against Israel, including from Lebanon, in the event of an attack and Yemen to respond and send fighters from Syria with the aim of hitting Israeli cities in the north and east of the country.