Hamas, ISIS terrorists arrested for attempted Netanyahu slaying were backed by Iran
As the Obama administration pushes full-tilt to complete the nuclear ‘deal’ with Iran that will allow the Islamic Republic to acquire nuclear weapons a few years down the road, Israel has found out what Iran will do with the billions it stands to receive under the internationally negotiated agreement. Multiple Hamas terrorists, along with one that supported ISIS, were indicted in Israel this week for attempting to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by placing an explosion under a stage where he was scheduled to speak in Tel Aviv. Iran supports Hamas in the Gaza strip and analysts believe is supporting ISIS in the Sinai against the Egyptian government as well. Hamas has been sheltering ISIS leaders in Gaza from Egyptian security forces. The terrorists also had plans to use suicide bombings to kill innocent Israelis.
Hazel Ziad Amran Sandouqa, a 22-year-old resident of Jerusalem’s Old City, and Fahdi Daoud Muhammad Abu Qaian, a 19-year-old Bedouin Israeli from the Negev, planned, along with Hamas activist Ahmad Jamal Mousa Azzam, 24, to plant explosives in the Jerusalem Payis Arena at a time when Netanyahu would be scheduled to speak at the site, Ynet reported.
The Israeli security agency, Shin Bet, along with Israeli police and Israeli Defense Forces arrested 25 terrorists inside Israel who were planning to use suicide bombs to kill Israeli citizens. The terror cell was controlled by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. One of the terrorists, Abu Qaian, was named in the indictment as being a supporter of the Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula.
“The planned wave of terror attacks proves that Hamas, led by its military wing, has removed itself from the terrible distress of the population of the [Gaza] Strip,” the agency added.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year, according to a senior Western intelligence official, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards during the past few months have transferred tens of millions of dollars to Hamas’s Izz al-Din al-Qassam brigades. Intelligence reports show that the funds have been transferred on the direct orders of Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force, who also dedicated an annual budget to finance Hamas’s military operations.
“By directly supporting Hamas in Gaza and indirectly supporting ISIS in the Sinai, Iran is able to gain foothold against Israel and Egypt to destabilize them, undermine America’s regional influence, create another Iranian power base in a Sunni-dominated region, and project its power and influence in its pursuit of regional hegemony,” Major (res.) Dan Feferman, a former senior IDF intelligence officer and Iran specialist, told the Tower Magazine.
The White House obviously has access to this intelligence, understands that Iran is actively supporting terrorism in Israel, supporting the Islamic State in Egypt, and is involved in the attempted assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister.
No wonder Prime Minister Netanyahu was so rightly concerned about Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. It also raises questions why the Obama administration is hell bent to get sanctions relief to Iran.
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