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Hamas-Iran relations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) during a Rosh Hashanah toast with the IDF General Staff Forum, September 3, 2026. (Haim Zach/GPO)
September 4, 2026, 3:33 am
Netanyahu: Toppling Iranian regime is Israel’s ‘central mission,’ goal ‘within reach’
Report says Iran, Hamas believed to be stepping up efforts to attack Israelis abroad ahead of Jewish holidays; Vance: US won’t negotiate with Iran until it stops striking ships in Hormuz
By Stav Levaton and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: An Iranian woman holds an image of the new Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as she takes part in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, an Iranian government show of support for the Palestinian people held on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran on March 13, 2026. (AFP)
March 14, 2026, 4:04 pm
Hamas asks Iran not to target ‘neighboring countries’ after attacks on Qatar, Turkey
Official from terror group says it’s in touch with several nations in bid to end ‘American and Zionist’ aggression against Iran; at least 7 Gazans said killed by IDF in past 2 days
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Protesters gather with placards outside the gates of Downing Street to attend a London Rally in Solidarity with Iran's Uprising, organized by The Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK, in central London on January 3, 2026, to protest against the Iranian regime's crackdown on protests. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)
January 6, 2026, 11:49 pm
‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon’: Iranian unrest is about more than just the economy
A popular chant that has existed since at least 2009 signals that the protesters aren’t just frustrated by day-to-day hardships, but are rejecting the regime in its entirety
By Kamran Talattof
A man makes tea at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on February 28, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and terror group Hamas. (AFP)
September 4, 2025, 4:10 pm
Coffee and cash: How Hamas pays its civil servants amid the war
Employees are invited for a ‘drink,’ whereupon they receive partial salaries; source in terror group says senior members get paid secretly ‘so as not to be exposed to strikes’ by Israel
By AFP and ToI Staff
People walk past a billboard showing a portrait of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (top) next to Palestine Square in Tehran on August 12, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 6, 2025, 10:00 pm
Hamas leaders asked Iran for $500 million in 2021 to destroy Israel within 2 years
Defense minister displays letter by Yahya Sinwar and Muhammad Deif to leader of IRGC, who he says ‘accepted the request’; dozens of protesters in northern Gaza chant against Hamas
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gives a press conference in Tehran on December 30, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
January 30, 2025, 4:23 pm
Iran says foreign minister in Qatar to meet Hamas leaders
Abbas Araghchi’s office says he’ll ‘hail victory of Palestinian people’ over Israel with ‘legendary resistance’ during Gaza war
By AFP and ToI Staff
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh leads other leaders of the terror group in prayer as footage of Hamas's October 7, 2023, terror attack is aired on TV. Khalil al-Hayya is standing behind him (second from right).(Screen capture/X)
December 29, 2024, 3:53 am
Report: Haniyeh assassination nearly went awry due to faulty AC in Tehran guesthouse
Israel delayed op until after swearing-in of new president, apparently to spare Iran further embarrassment; IRGC initially wrongly told Khamenei that IDF missile killed Hamas leader
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian stands on an Israeli tank at the border fence near the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after some 3,000 Hamas terrorists burst through the border and entered Israel, slaughtering some 1,200 people, October 7, 2023. (Yousef Mohammed/Flash90)
October 13, 2024, 1:42 am
Reports: Hamas delayed Oct. 7 attack to enlist Iran, Hezbollah; plotted 9/11-style bombing
Records of meetings indicate terror group was ready to carry out cross-border massacre by Sept. 2022, chose eventual timing for reasons that included judicial overhaul divisions
By ToI Staff
Iran's UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, addresses the United Nations Security Council chamber during an emergency meeting at UN headquarters, April 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
August 10, 2024, 7:21 am
Iran’s UN mission: ‘Hoping our response won’t be to detriment of potential ceasefire’
Tehran says establishing ‘lasting’ halt to Gaza fighting a ‘priority’; senior IRGC officer: We’ll carry out Khamenei’s orders to inflict ‘harsh punishment’ for Haniyeh killing
By Reuters and ToI Staff
FILE: Hamas's Khalil al-Hayya speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
August 7, 2024, 10:23 pm
As Sinwar takes charge, Qatar-based Hamas official to keep leading negotiations
Khalil al-Hayya, who has been representing the terror group during indirect talks with Israel for a hostage-ceasefire deal, is considered well-connected to Iran
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A man walks under an anti-Israel billboard reading in Persian, 'Tel Aviv will be not safe anymore' at Palestine Square in Tehran on July 31, 2024 (AFP)
August 5, 2024, 1:56 pm
Iran claims it does not want to escalate regional tensions, but must ‘punish’ Israel
Tehran says it needs to ‘create deterrence’ after killing of Haniyeh; top revolutionary Guard commander says Israel ‘digging its own grave’ and ‘will receive punishment in due time’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, listens to Ziad Nakhaleh, the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, second right, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 1, 2024, 6:59 pm
Iran to huddle with proxy leaders to discuss retaliation against Israel
Islamic Republic supreme leader, senior IRGC members to attend Tehran meeting with representatives from Hamas, PIJ, Houthis, Iraqi militias
By Parisa Hafezi, Ahmed Rasheed and Laila Bassam
Iranian workers install a huge banner on a wall showing a portrait of Hamas terror group leader Ismail Haniyeh and the Dome of the Rock shrine atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with a sign that reads in Farsi and Hebrew: 'Expect harsh punishment,' at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 1, 2024, 1:53 am
Khamenei said to order direct strike on Israel after Haniyeh killed in Tehran
Iranian officials tell NYT that options being weighed include a coordinated assault with Tehran’s proxies, say defense plans also being readied in case Israel or US strikes Iran
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog and Argentinian President Javier Milei tour Kibbutz Nir Oz on February 8, 2024. (Maayan Toaf / GPO)
July 13, 2024, 6:39 am
Argentina brands Hamas a terror group, citing October 7 and its close ties to Iran
Milei vows ‘unwavering commitment to recognizing terrorists for what they are’; move comes days before 30th anniversary of AMIA bombing, which Buenos Aires has blamed on Tehran
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, center, as Iran's acting President Mohammad Mokhber sits at left, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 22, 2024. (Official website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
May 23, 2024, 3:57 am
Iran’s Khamenei tells visiting Hamas chief that Israel ‘will one day be eliminated’
‘Palestine will rise from the river to the sea,’ Iranian supreme leader tells Ismail Haniyeh as he and other representatives of Tehran-backed groups attend Raisi’s funeral
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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