By AFP TEHRAN Iran has supplied military aid to the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza locked in a conflict with Israel during which it has fired missiles at Tel Aviv for the first time, the parliament speaker said Wednesday. "We are proud to defend the people of Palestine and Hamas ... and that our assistance to them has been both financial and military,...

By AFP JERUSALEM Israel and the United States have agreed to work together to prevent the smuggling of weapons from Iran to militant groups in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. "Israel cannot sit idly by as its enemies strengthen themselves with weapons of terror so I agreed with President (Barack) Obama that ...

By Ynet News Israel points finger at Islamic Republic for arming, subsidizing Gaza terror organizations For the first time since the beginning ofOperation Pillar of Defense,Israelhas placed the blame onIranfor all aspects of weapons' smuggling to the Gaza Strip. The Prime Minister's Office's public relations unit said that, "Gaza is Iran's advanced ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Army's Ground Force successfully test-fired several home-made missiles during Beitol Moqaddas 26 military drills in Isfahan province in Central Iran on Friday. The home-made Naze'at-10, Naze'at-6 and Fajr-5 missiles were test-fired in the first stage of Beitol Moqaddas 26 exercises in Kashan in Isfahan province. The first ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian media say the military has test-fired several short-range missiles, including the type Palestinian militant Hamas group used to attack Tel Aviv last November. Thursday's report by the semi-official Fars news agency says the missiles were tested during an army exercise in central Iran. It says the missiles fired were Nazeat-...

Palestinian parents in the Gaza strip are naming their newborn babies after Iranian-made Fajr-5 rockets as a way to show gratitude to the Islamic Republic for its support during the recent eight-day Israeli war, Press TV reports. Muhammad al-Shafii Abu Nassat, a Gazan father named his newborn baby Fajr on Friday to show his appreciation to Iran for ...

By CNN Iran is "finding ways to resupply Hamas" with long range rockets and other weapons even after the intense fighting between Hamas and Israel that ended in a cease-fire last week, a senior U.S. official told CNN. The issue is sure to be a problem as Israel and Hamas work out further terms of the cease fire agreement. Outgoing Israel Defense ...

By Ria Novosti CAIRO, November 22 (RIA Novosti) - Iran supplied Gazan militants with weapons, Khaled Meshaal, the political leader of Islamist group Hamas, said on Wednesday. The weapons of Palestinian resistance were partially manufactured inside the Gaza Strip, and the rest was supplied by certain countries, including Iran, Meshaal told journalists ...

By The New York Times TEHRAN Above the bustling Niayesh highway in the western part of the Iranian capital, a huge billboard hangs on an overpass to remind drivers ofIrans missile abilities. Cars zip underneath the image of a green missile on a launcher and text in Persian saying Destination Tel Aviv. Few here take note of the sign, as average ...

By Haaretz Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza dont hide Irans role in arming them with missiles, and will clearly try to smuggle more into Gaza once a cease-fire is reached. As Operation Pillar of Defense enters its eight day, there is concern in Israel that Iran will try to re-arm terrorist groups in Gaza - particularly with medium-range rockets ...

By The Voice of Russia Iran supplies the Fajr-5 missiles to the Hamas movement through the territory of Sudan and Egypt, the American television channel CNN reports referring to Matthew Levitt, expert of the Washington Institute. According to him, the fact that Hamas possesses the Fajr-5 missiles represents a serious threat to Israel's population ...

By Jerusalem Post Iran FM spokesman Mehmanparast refuses to confirm or deny supplying Hamas, Islamic Jihad with weapons. Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday refused to confirm or deny whether Iran had supplied Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad with artillery rockets. Asked whether Iran had supplied its Fajr-5 rockets to Hamas, Rahmin ...

By The Washington Post As the Israel Defense Forces continue strikes meant to weaken Hamass rocket-launching capabilities, more analysts are starting to wonder about the country that supplies many of those longer-range rockets: Iran. For at least two years, Mideast watchers have been trying to figure out how seriously to takelong-standing Israeli ...

By Fox News Israel may be targeting more than Hamas as it escalates its bombing campaign in Gaza and tries to eliminate the threat of increasingly lethal stockpiled rockets. Israel's real target may be Iran. The last 6 days of fighting may in fact be a prelude to what looks like an increasingly inevitable military strike against Iran's nuclear ...

By NBCNews It was an unguarded comment that may have strayed close to the truth: Britains Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said he believes tensions over Iran were behind the Israel-Gaza violence. That remark made in a radio studio when he thought he was off the air echoes a theory that Tehrans fingerprints are all over the current escalation of ...

This article was written by Piers Morganfor The CNN blogs onTuesday November 19, 2012. Piers Morganis ais a Britishjournalistandtelevision host. The Israeli president suggests that the Palestinian militant group Hamas is being backed by Iran. As such, the host inquires as to what he intends to do about it: "If you believe Mr. President, that ...

By The Telegraph Israel's President Shimon Peres has accused Iran of encouraging the Palestinians to continue rocket attacks on Israel, saying "they are out of their mind." Mr Peres also praised Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi for the constructive role he has played in the intensifying crisis during an interview with CNN. "The unpleasant ...

By Haaretz The current operation in Gaza can be called 'the little southern Iranian operation,' since it's designed to paralyze Iran's power in Gaza. Many people have been tempted to link the Gaza operation and the upcoming election. Even though war is sometimes a way to avoid dealing with domestic problems, the smoke that reached the Gaza sky this ...