U.S. intelligence indicated on Monday that Iran was unaware that their proxy group Hamas was going to attack Israel on Oct.7.
U.S. intelligence indicated on Monday that Iran was unaware that their proxy group Hamas was going to attack Israel on Oct.7.
Iran is the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism and obscurity has surrounded its role on Oct. 7, with some early reports indicating Tehran helped Hamas plan and orchestrate the attacks in advance. The U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) said in the 2024 Annual Threat Assessment report released Monday that Hamas’ actions caught Iran off guard.
“We assess that Iranian leaders did not orchestrate nor had foreknowledge of the HAMAS attack against Israel,” reads the DNI report.
Today, ODNI released the U.S. Intelligence Community’s 2024 Annual Threat Assessment. Read the report here: https://t.co/AlLUbVUVnr pic.twitter.com/0r9OtLwATw
— Office of the DNI (@ODNIgov) March 11, 2024
Iranian leadership claimed in November that this was true and initially told Hamas leadership that it would not be joining in the fight against Israel.
