Iran's Guards link Hamas attack on Israel to general's 2020 killing

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 29, 2023 12:04 am

Tehran, Iran: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday the October attacks on Israel by Tehran-backed Hamas militants were in part a retaliation of the US killing in 2020 of a top Iranian commander.

The Palestinian armed group rejected earlier remarks by a Guards spokesman appearing to suggest that a key motivation for the October 7 attacks was to avenge Qasem Soleimani's death on Iran's behalf.

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