Hamas Fighters Trained in Iran Before Oct. 7 Attacks – WSJ

TEL AVIV In the weeks leading up to Hamas s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, hundreds of the Palestinian Islamist militant group s fighters received specialized combat training in Iran, according to people familiar with intelligence related to the assault.

Roughly 500 militants from Hamas and an allied group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, participated in the exercises in September, which were led by officers of the Quds Force, the foreign-operations arm of Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the people said.

Senior Palestinian officials and Iranian Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, the head of Quds Force, also attended, they said.

More than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed Oct. 7 by Hamas fighters who poured across the border from the Gaza Strip. Scores of others were kidnapped and taken back to Gaza, where they are being held hostage.

via www.wsj.com

Hopefully we didn’t pay for it.