{"id":2060371,"date":"2023-10-09T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-official-wont-confirm-wsj-report-iran-helped-plan-hamas-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:22:34","slug":"biden-official-wont-confirm-wsj-report-iran-helped-plan-hamas-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-official-wont-confirm-wsj-report-iran-helped-plan-hamas-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden official declines to verify WSJ report on Iran&#8217;s alleged involvement in Hamas attack planning."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-official-wont-confirm-wsj-report-iran-helped-plan-hamas-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2060371&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Iran&#8217;s Involvement in Hamas Attack on Israel<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy \u200cNational Security Adviser Jonathan Finer neither\u2062 confirmed nor denied \u200dthe Wall Street\u200d Journal\u200c report \u200bthat \u200bIran was directly involved in the brutal attack launched by Hamas against \u2064Israel. He stated, &#8220;[W]e&#8217;re looking into it,&#8221; emphasizing the lack of corroboration at the moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, \u200ba Hamas official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hamas-confirms-it-received-support-from-iran-for-terror-attacks-on-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> that Iran had indeed provided support\u200b for \u200bthe attack. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-israel-hamas-strike-planning-bbe07b25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal report<\/a> \u200cfurther substantiated\u200d this claim \u2063with information from multiple officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to \u200dthe report,\u2064 Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary \u2063Guard Corps collaborated with Hamas and other terrorist groups in planning the\u200b attacks. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-official-wont-confirm-wsj-report-iran-helped-plan-hamas-attack\/\" title=\"Biden official declines to verify WSJ report on Iran's alleged involvement in Hamas attack planning.\">operation involved firing numerous rockets<\/a> and invading Israel through various\u2062 means. The \u200breport revealed that IRGC officers and representatives of Iran-backed militant groups, including Hamas and \u2064Hezbollah,\u2062 refined \u200dthe operation&#8217;s details during meetings in\u2063 Beirut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">During an interview with\u200c ABC&#8217;s\u200c &#8220;Good Morning America,&#8221; Finer acknowledged Iran&#8217;s broad complicity in supporting \u200bHamas over the \u2064years. He admitted that Iran had provided financial aid, training, and weapons to Hamas. However, he clarified \u200cthat\u200d there was no\u2063 direct evidence of \u2062Iranian involvement in\u2062 ordering or planning\u200c the recent attacks. Finer emphasized that both the \u200cUnited States and \u200cIsraeli government shared this perspective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secretary\u2064 of State\u2063 Antony Blinken also stated that there was no evidence yet to suggest Iran&#8217;s direct involvement in the attack. However, he acknowledged the\u200c longstanding relationship between Iran and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lina Khatib, director of the \u200bSOAS Middle East Institute at the University of London, emphasized\u2063 that an attack of this magnitude required months of planning and coordination with Iran. She highlighted that Hamas, like Hezbollah, does not make \u2062decisions to engage in war without explicit agreement from Iran.<\/p>\n<h3>Related:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hamas-confirms-it-received-support-from-iran-for-terror-attacks-on-israel\">Hamas Confirms It Received Support From Iran For Terror Attacks On \u200bIsrael<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Ryan\u2062 Saavedra and Tim Pearce contributed to this article.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How long has Iran been supporting Hamas, and what forms of assistance and support has\u200d it provided to the group?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Arget=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported that Iran had been planning and coordinating the attack with Hamas for months, \u2062providing the militant group with advanced weaponry, expertise, and financial support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This revelation raises significant concerns about\u200b Iran&#8217;s involvement in escalating tensions\u200d and violence in \u200bthe \u2062region. It is no secret that Iran has long been a supporter of Hamas, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-u-s-college-groups-have-assisted-a-designated-terrorist-org\/\" title=\"Report: U.S. College Groups Have Assisted A Designated Terrorist Org\">designated terrorist organization<\/a> by the United\u2063 States and \u200dthe European Union. Iran sees \u200cHamas as a crucial ally in its proxy war against Israel and as\u2064 a means to exert its influence in the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Iran&#8217;s support for Hamas is not new. \u200dThe Iranian regime \u2063has been providing military assistance, training, and funding to Hamas for years. This support enables Hamas to carry out devastating attacks against Israel, targeting\u200b civilians and destabilizing the region. The recent attack, which saw hundreds \u200bof rockets fired into Israeli territory, \u2062resulted in the deaths \u200bof both\u2063 Israeli and Palestinian civilians, further escalating the conflict between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Iran&#8217;s involvement in the attack demonstrates its commitment to supporting extremist groups and its\u200c willingness to disregard international norms and peace efforts. It undermines the ongoing peace processes\u2062 and negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, making it even more challenging to\u2064 achieve\u2063 a lasting and peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This revelation\u2062 also underscores the need for the international community to condemn Iran&#8217;s actions and\u2064 hold it accountable \u200dfor its support of\u200c terrorist organizations. It \u2064is imperative that countries around\u200d the world unite in imposing economic and diplomatic sanctions \u2062on Iran to discourage \u200dits support for\u200c extremist groups and its destabilizing\u2062 activities in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Furthermore, this incident highlights the importance of intelligence-sharing and\u2063 cooperation among countries to prevent future attacks\u2063 and thwart Iran&#8217;s \u200defforts to support terrorism. Close coordination between intelligence agencies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-divided-on-purpose-of-vaccination-database-bill\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014\u00a0House Republicans Divided on Purpose of Vaccination Database Bill\">increased information sharing<\/a> can help ensure that terrorist plots are detected and\u200d disrupted \u2063before\u200b they \u200ccan be carried out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In \u200cconclusion, Iran&#8217;s involvement in the recent Hamas attack on Israel serves as a stark reminder of its support for terrorism and its relentless pursuit of regional influence. The international community must take decisive action to condemn Iran&#8217;s actions, impose sanctions, and strengthen intelligence-sharing mechanisms to prevent further violence and instability in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer did not confirm Iran&#8217;s direct involvement in the barbaric attack on Israel by Hamas, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. He stated that they are investigating the matter but currently lack the ability to verify it. A Hamas official, however, confirmed the organization&#8217;s role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2060372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2060371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2060371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2060372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2060371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2060371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2060371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}