Ramesh #NotGoingBack

#Iran built up its #AxisOfResistance — a regional military alliance — over 4 decades since the #IranHostageCrisis in 1979 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111356847910951186

Iran has fought #America and #Israel for 4 decades using its Axis of Resistance as a #proxy without entering into direct conflict with either

"Its leaders are not suicidal, they want to stay in power"

For the FIRST time in 4 decades though, Iran has mobilized on #multipleFronts at the same time ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111365237901495272

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-axis-resistance-against-israel-faces-trial-by-fire-2023-11-15/
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Insight: Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' against Israel faces trial by fire

Iran's supreme leader delivered a clear message to the head of Hamas when they met in Tehran in early November, according to three senior officials: You gave us no warning of your Oct. 7 attack on Israel and we will not enter the war on your behalf.

Reuters
Nov 16, 2023 at 8:53amWeb
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackNov 16, 2023

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#Hamas does not represent Greater #Palestine and #WestBank.

Yet, Hamas' military commander Mohammed #Deif called on #Iran's #AxisOfResistance to join the war against Israel using #Palestinians #inTheirName only.

Addressing "#Brothers in the #Islamic resistance in #Lebanon, #Iran, #Yemen, #Iraq and #Syria", Deif bellowed, "this is the day when YOUR resistance unites with YOUR people in Palestine"

It wanted #Hezbollah to strike deeper into Israel, but was rebuffed

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-axis-resistance-against-israel-faces-trial-by-fire-2023-11-15/
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Insight: Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' against Israel faces trial by fire

Iran's supreme leader delivered a clear message to the head of Hamas when they met in Tehran in early November, according to three senior officials: You gave us no warning of your Oct. 7 attack on Israel and we will not enter the war on your behalf.

Reuters
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackNov 16, 2023

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#Hezbollah knows #Lebanon can't afford another war with #Israel after the 2006 war

So, its leader #Nasrallah averred that #Hamas had kept its attack on Israel a secret from #AxisOfResistance. He denied that Hezbollah and #Iran had anything to with those attacks

YET, he said the secrecy did NOT "upset anyone" in the axis, and that “All options are on the table” for Hezbollah’s possible military response against Israel

And THAT #discredits his public denial entirely

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-axis-resistance-against-israel-faces-trial-by-fire-2023-11-15/
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Insight: Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' against Israel faces trial by fire

Iran's supreme leader delivered a clear message to the head of Hamas when they met in Tehran in early November, according to three senior officials: You gave us no warning of your Oct. 7 attack on Israel and we will not enter the war on your behalf.

Reuters
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackNov 16, 2023

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Since #Hezbollah's rebuff, #Hamas exposed its #frustration in public statements that thanked Hezbollah, but said "the battle requires more."

It wasn't all gloom for Hamas. #Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali #Khamenei assured head of Hamas Ismail #Haniyeh his support, but only with #duplicity:

Publicly denying that it wants #Israel-Hamas war to spread, & publicly denying it support for keeping attacks secret, he still offered political & moral support privately.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-axis-resistance-against-israel-faces-trial-by-fire-2023-11-15/
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Insight: Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' against Israel faces trial by fire

Iran's supreme leader delivered a clear message to the head of Hamas when they met in Tehran in early November, according to three senior officials: You gave us no warning of your Oct. 7 attack on Israel and we will not enter the war on your behalf.

Reuters
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackNov 16, 2023

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#Khamenei still offered support privately to #Haniyeh, but no DIRECT intervention. Instead, he tacitly approved using #AxisOfResistance as a proxy in the #Hamas-#Israel war.

Privately, he admonished Haniyeh to "silence voices in #Palestinian groups publicly calling for #Iran and #Hezbollah to join."

Hush. Hush.

Both Iran & Hamas denied the report even though both had announced the meeting publicly. Neither responded to questions, nor clarified what was inaccurate.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-axis-resistance-against-israel-faces-trial-by-fire-2023-11-15/

Insight: Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' against Israel faces trial by fire

Iran's supreme leader delivered a clear message to the head of Hamas when they met in Tehran in early November, according to three senior officials: You gave us no warning of your Oct. 7 attack on Israel and we will not enter the war on your behalf.

Reuters
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackSep 9, 2024

⬆️ [Nov 2023] #NasarallahWasCoy about #Oct7 but ended up discrediting his own public denial spectacularly ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111419573881032675

[March 2024] Documents signed by #Hamas show #Oct7 coordination plans with various tentacles of the #AxisOfResistance and keep it secret.

the recovered document says “the conditions in #Iran and #Lebanon allow us to tie the big [Oct7] project with the Axis,” but did not specify if there was active coordination between the sides BEFORE that

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/documents-signed-by-hamas-no-3-show-oct-7-plans-efforts-to-keep-operation-secret/

Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackSep 14, 2024

⬆️ >> [Nov 2023] #NasarallahWasCoy about #Oct7 but ended up discrediting his own public denial spectacularly.

Now, Yahya #Sinwar, the #Oct7 mastermind and new leader of #Hamas, thanks #Nasarallah, the #Hezbollah leader for latter's help attacking #Israel.

They are no longer hiding the coordination between Hamas and Hezbollah and openly implicating #Iran in the conflict.

Sinwar called the war “one of the most honorable battles for the #Palestinian people” #inTheirName

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-latest-13-september-2024-14befa272bc68b53b419c1398d2e8970

Oct. 7 mastermind thanks Hezbollah leader for his help attacking Israel

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has thanked Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah for his support in the ongoing war with Israel. In a letter dated Monday but released Friday by Hezbollah’s media office, Sinwar thanks Nasrallah for the “blessed acts” of Iran-backed groups in their support for Hamas since the deadly Oct. 7 incursion into Israel that sparked the Israel-Hamas war. Some 1,200 people were killed that day and another 250 were abducted. On Oct. 8, Hezbollah started attacking Israeli military posts along the border, triggering an ongoing exchange of fire that has left hundreds dead. More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. Sinwar called the war “one of the most honorable battles for the Palestinian people.”

AP News