The newspaper, citing “people familiar with intelligence” surrounding the brutal Hamas massacre on October 7 — in which 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, were murdered — reported that 500 members of both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic took part in training last month led by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Israel has repeatedly accused Iran of being a key force behind the coordinated Hamas attack on Israel, in which it succeeded in disabling the high-tech Gaza border fence and streaming across the border to carry out its devastating assault on nearby communities, which included taking at least 224 people hostage.
Iran has welcomed the Hamas assault, but denies it played a role in its planning. According to the WSJ report, Iranian Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, the head of Quds Force, attended the training activities led by the IRGC.
Hours before the report was published, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari pointed a finger directly at Iran for helping to plan the brutal attack. READ MORE