BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar said on Monday he does not expect an Israeli strike on Iran due to Israel's international isolation.The senior official in Gaza told Ma'an that Iran continues to support the Palestinian cause and the Hamas movement, but denied Israeli media reports that Iranian leaders are training Palestinian factions in the Egyptian Sinai.
Zahhar met Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran on Thursday, thanking the country for supporting Palestine without expecting anything in return.
Noooooo...
Your winnings, sir.
Oh. Thank you! Thank you very much!
Zahhar has made conflicting statements about the role Hamas would play if Israel attacked Iran.
Probably bleed all over them...
Speaking to the BBC for a report published March 7, Zahhar said Hamas would respond to Israeli attacks on Gaza but would not get involved "in any other regional conflict." He added: "We are not part of any political axis."
Zahhar told the BBC that Hamas lacked the power to respond from a territory that is still under siege, occupied and recovering from previous Israeli offensives.
Too many "victories", Warty?
He later disavowed the comments in an interview with the Iranian Fars news agency and said Hamas would respond to Israel and its allies in the event of an attack on Iran.
Hmmmmm...that was quick. Somebody freeze his bank account?
"Retaliation with utmost power is the position of Hamas with regard to a Zionist war on Iran," he said.
We're goin' under the mattresses again, boys!