If Mahmoud Abbas is to be believed, not only did his security force capture five Iranians, but one of them is a general teaching Hamas how to make weapons and explosives. However, terrorists are notorious liars, so I’m waiting for much more confirmation on this.
Iranian general supervised Hamas arms, source says
Following seizure of Iranian agents in Gaza, Palestinian source tells Ynet most senior agent, a general, was in charge of several labs in Islamic University, trained activists manufacturing explosives
A Palestinian source has said that the Iranian general nabbed in Gaza by Palestinian security officers supervised the manufacturing weapons and explosives for Hamas.
The source told Ynet on Friday that the expert was in charge of several labs in the university, mainly chemistry labs in which he trained Hamas activists, most of them women, manufacturing the explosives.
At least five Iranian citizens were arrested during a raid at the Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City. One of the Iranians committed suicide during the raid. Six to nine Palestinians were killed in the raid, sources said.
And by “confirmation,” I don’t mean by DEBKA. However, if this is true, then the depth to which Iran is involved in its proxy war with Israel is simply astonishing—and even more so when you realize that it is being utterly ignored by the world.
If I were in the Israeli government, I would take all the evidence I have of Iranian involvement and present it to the United Nations and demand action. Of course they’d do nothing, but at least it would be there, out in the open, for all to see and report on.
Much like the Karine A was.
Oh. Wait. The world ignored that, or said it was fabricated by the IDF, and accepted Arafat’s denials. Never mind. My bad.
Yes, there are many additional sources of this news item. However, a general, and one that is able to teach to boot, is a bit of exaggeration, typical for the source. Let’s compromise on a major.