Iran's Khamenei says Tehran was not behind Hamas attack on Israel

Iran's top authority Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Tehran had not been involved in the Hamas group's weekend attack on Israel, but he hailed what he called Israel's "irreparable" military and intelligence defeat.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed revenge for the attack in Damascus. File photo.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed revenge for the attack in Damascus. File photo. (REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo)

Iran's top authority Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Tehran had not been involved in the Hamas group's weekend attack on Israel, but he hailed what he called Israel's “irreparable” military and intelligence defeat.

In his first televised speech since the attack, Khamenei said “we kiss the hands of those who planned the attack on the Zionist regime”.

Reuters 


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