Iran Praises Genocidal Hamas Chief for Furthering ‘Extinction’ of Israel, Vows Revenge
August 1, 2024
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Iranian state media praised Hamas “political chief” Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday as a key figure who pushed Israel to the “brink of extinction,” celebrating the explicitly
genocidal
intent of Hamas leadership hours after an airstrike eliminated Haniyeh in the early morning hours of the day.
Haniyeh was in Tehran on Tuesday for the
inauguration
of new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and was seen embracing the new president and later holding a personal
meeting
with “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Hamas is a Sunni jihadist terror organization headquartered in Gaza which relies heavily on Iranian funding for its survival. Iranian leaders enthusiastically support Hamas’s goal of destroying the state of Israel and
eradicating
Jews from the Middle East. The State Department recently
estimated
that Iran invests $100 million in Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations a year.