It’s something that we’re going to keep looking at closely.”Yet Iran’s evolving relationship with Hamas and its Palestinian militant partners, the Islamic Jihad, is well documented.
Israel says Iran supports Hamas to the tune of some $100 million dollars a year.
(Much of the Western world and some Arab countries consider Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad to be terrorist groups.)
Therefore Iran is an asset for Hamas and Hamas is an asset for Iran,” Michael said.
In April, Hamas’ senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh visited the Lebanese capital for meetings with Nasrallah.
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