Iran’s senior leadership have reiterated their support for Saturday’s assault on southern Israel by Hamas militants.
Foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian described the violence as a “legitimate response to years of killings [and] crimes”, in a tweet on Sunday.
President Ebrahim Raisi, meanwhile, called it a “victory” for “Palestinian soldiers [and] all Palestinian groups” in a televised speech carried by Wana News Agency.
Hamas has claimed assistance from Iran helped it carry out its dawn attack over the weekend, which involved rockets and drones, and saw hundreds of its fighters break through Israeli border fortifications around the Gaza Strip.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US had not seen evidence of direct Iranian involvement yet.
