Iran’s mission to the UN denied Tehran’s involvement in the attack on Israel by its ally Hamas, which has already led to the death of more than a thousand people and provoked a new war between Palestinians and Israelis.

“We strongly and unhesitatingly support the Palestinian cause; However, we are not participating in the Palestinian response, “which was taken only by Palestine,” said a statement from the Iranian mission to the UN in New York, published by Iranian media.

“The decisive measures taken by Palestine constitute a legitimate defense against seven decades of repressive occupation and brutal crimes committed by the illegitimate Zionist regime,” the Iranian diplomatic mission added.

American newspaper Wall Street Journal accused Tehran on Sunday of help plan an attack for August and give the green light to its start.

Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have been helping plan the attack since August and even gave the green light for it to begin. according to Hamas and Hezbollah sources The New York newspaper reports this.

However, the United States government He said there was no evidence of Iran’s alleged involvement. in an unprecedented attack on Saturday.

As the American newspaper notes, added statements by a representative of a Palestinian Islamist group British public broadcaster BBC.

This was stated by Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad on the BBC World Service News Hour. had direct support from Tehranwho promised to “support Palestinian militants until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem.”

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Hamad also stated that They received help from other countrieswhose name he did not name, the BBC reports.

Iran celebrated Congratulations and fireworks to mark the start of the Hamas attack on Saturday and the Iranian government supported the “legitimate defense of the Palestinian people.” “Iran supports the legitimate defense of the Palestinian people,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said in a statement yesterday, congratulating the “victory” of the Palestinian resistance.

Days before the attack, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posted on social media that “the Zionist regime is a cancer that is about to be exterminated by the Palestinian people.”

The Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel are sworn enemies. They pose a mutual existential threat, compete for regional hegemony, and wage a covert war of cyberattacks, assassinations, and sabotage.

In this “shadow” conflict and to expand its regional influence, Tehran supports groups such as the Lebanese Hezbollah, Palestinian Hamas movementIslamic Jihad and the Houthi Rebels in Yemen.

More than 700 people have died in Israel’s war against Gaza militias which began yesterday with a surprise attack by Hamas, and the death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to 436 people.

(according to information from EFE, Europe Press And Aristegui News)