A senior Israeli security official told reporters Friday that Iran was largely responsible for the failure of Egyptian-led efforts earlier this year to have the militant Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups agree to a cease-fire. Egypt had invited the militants to Cairo, urging them to halt attacks on Israel for a year. The official said Islamic Jihad is entirely dependent on Iranian funding, and that Hamas is increasingly relying on money from Tehran since a crackdown on Islamic militants following the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States.
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