Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, sharply criticized Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh for not giving sufficient advance warning of the invasion of Israel, according to Reuters.
According to the report, the criticism was expressed in a face-to-face meeting between the two in the past few weeks.
“You did not give us enough warning of these October 7th attack, and we are not intending to go to war with Israel for you,” Khamenei told Haniyeh.
He also noted that his country would give him full support in different ways but would not take an active role in the fighting. He also demanded that Haniyeh work to silence the members of Hamas who called for Iran and Hezbollah to join the war against Israel.
This constitutes another attempt to present Khamenei as having had no knowledge at all of the planned attack on the Gaza region.