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When Hamas launched its horrific surprise attack on Israel, invading it by land, air, and sea, many observers immediately believed that Iran was involved somehow. While Hamas has always had the desire to obliterate Israel, they haven’t had the means to do so. However, the sophisticated tactics used this weekend and the unprecedented scale of the attack have made it painfully obvious that Iran was involved, and now the Wall Street Journal has confirmed this suspicion.

The publication reported that Iranian security officials not only helped with the planning of the attack, but they also green-lit the plan during a recent meeting in Beirut.

Moreover, sources from Hamas and another terrorist group backed by Iran, Hezbollah, said that officers from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been working with Hamas for several months to plan sea, land and air incursions. Numerous meetings were held in the Lebanese capital to come up with the details of the attacks, and they were attended by officers from the IRGC as well as Hamas and Hezbollah.

Not surprisingly, the Biden administration has been reluctant to admit what the Wall Street Journal and other publications have already confirmed. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview on Sunday with CNN: “We have not yet seen evidence that Iran directed or was behind this particular attack, but there is certainly a long relationship.”

This could be due, at least in part, to Biden’s desire to protect his chances of being reelected and keep the price of gas from climbing too much before election day. However, other officials without these concerns have confirmed the WSJ’s assertion that Iran was involved, including a Syrian government adviser and a European official. In addition, a spokesperson for Hamas, Ghazi Hamad, told the BBC that they received support from Iran.

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