White Home Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan. ANI
White Home Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday mentioned that Iran is “complicit in a broad sense” within the Hamas assault that resulted within the deaths of over 1000 Israelis.
Addressing reporters throughout a briefing on Tuesday, Sullivan mentioned, “We’ve said since the beginning that Iran is complicit in a broad sense because they have provided the lion’s share of the funding for the military wing of Hamas, they’ve provided training, they have provided capabilities, they have provided support and they’ve had engagement and contact with Hamas over years and years, and all of that that has played a role in contributing to what we have seen.”
“Now, as to the question of whether Iran knew about this attack in advance or helped plan or direct this attack, we do not, as of the moment I’m standing here at the podium, have confirmation of that,” he added.
Sullivan’s remarks got here after US President Joe Biden denounced the assaults on Israel as “pure unadulterated evil,” saying the said goal of the terrorist organisation Hamas is “to kill Jews.”
NSA Sullivan instructed reporters that the administration was engaged with its Israeli counterparts and “looking back through our intelligence holdings to see if we have any further information on that,” including, “If there’s an update to that, I’ll share it with you.”
“But as I stand here today, while Iran plays this broad role, this sustained, deep and dark role in providing all of this support and capabilities to Hamas, in terms of this particular gruesome attack on October 7, we don’t currently have that information,” he added.
Requested why Israel was unable to anticipate Hamas’ assault on Israel, Sullivan referred inquiries to Israeli officers, nevertheless, as for the US, he mentioned, “We did not see anything that suggested an attack of this type was going to unfold any more than the Israelis did.”
The US State Division on Tuesday mentioned that Secretary Antony Blinken will journey to Israel “to engage our Israeli partners directly about the situation on the ground.”
“Secretary of State Antony J Blinken will travel to Israel and Jordan October 11-13, 2023, where he will meet with senior officials,” mentioned the US Division of State in an announcement.
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