A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed support for a massive attack launched against Israeli communities by Hamas on Saturday, calling it a “proud operation.”
Footage published by local media showed banners hanging on Iranian streets in support of Hamas.
The Gazan terror groups launched an unprecedented assault on Israel in the morning, firing thousands of rockets, sending gunmen into Israeli communities and military bases by land, sea, and air, killing at least 100 people, injuring hundreds, and taking hostages.
“We support the proud operation,” Yahya Rahim Safavi said at a meeting held in support of Palestinian children in Tehran, quoted by ISNA news agency.
“We support this operation, and we are sure that the resistance front also supports this issue,” said Safavi, who is a senior general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Hamas gunmen overran at least one military base and gunmen moved through Israeli border communities, killing, and capturing residents, with little resistance from Israeli forces, residents said.
