Middle East terror: Israeli PM calls Iran the true backer of the aggression

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran not only supports completely the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and gives them all the finance, they also give weapons to Hamas as well as to Hezbollah. This comes during PM Netanyahu's meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Kirya in Tel Aviv earlier today.

New Delhi:Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that the true backer of much of this aggression is Iran.

He said that Iran not only supports completely the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and gives them all the finance, they also give weapons to Hamas as well as to Hezbollah and they provide the scaffolding on which these organizations work, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed.

This comes during PM Netanyahu's meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Kirya in Tel Aviv earlier today. Maas, during the meeting, showed him an Iranian UAV that had been downed in the Beit Shean area.

"While we were engaged in these hostilities a few days ago, Iran sent an armed drone from Iraq or Syria. Iranian forces launched an armed drone, which our forces intercepted on the border between Israel and Jordan and that I think says everything on the true patron of terror in the Middle East and the world", PM Netanyahu reiterated during the meeting.

According to the press statement issued by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the Israeli Prime Minister expressed his appreciation for the unwavering position of Germany in supporting Israel's right of self-defence and said that t comes from the heart. "Not only representing the government but the people of Israel in our time of need. So thank you", PM Netanyahu added.

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"I described during our meeting that while we're fighting on various fronts, the true backer of much of this aggression is Iran. Iran not only supports completely the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and gives them all the finance, they also give weapons to Hamas as well as to Hezbollah and they provide the scaffolding on which these organizations work", the Prime Minister said as quoted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

"Thank you. Thank you very much. You've been a great friend and it's said with gratitude from the people of Israel", he added.

Meanwhile, German Foreign Minister Maas told Prime Minister Netanyahu that he had come to express Germany's full solidarity with the people of Israel. He said that Germany condemns the aggression of Hamas, which is responsible for the escalation, and that Israel had the right to defend itself.

Also participating in the meeting were National Security Council head Meir Ben Shabbat, German Ambassador to Israel Dr Susanne Wasum-Rainer and Israeli Ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff, the Ministry said.

Prime Minister Netanyahu is currently meeting with Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok and Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek.

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