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Monday, December 25, 2017
Sinwar: Iran wants Hamas, Islamic Jihad to go full-throttle over Jerusalem
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar says his terror organization is in contact with a leading Iranian military official, who has told them to put all the group’s resources into “defending Jerusalem.”
Sinwar tells the Pro-Iranian Lebanese news outlet al-Mayadeen that Hamas, as well as the Gaza-based terror group Islamic Jihad, are in contact with Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ elite Quds Force.
The Hamas leader says Soleimani told the Palestinian terror groups to put all their capabilities into the fight over Jerusalem, according to the report.
— Dov Lieber
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