( Fox )
An adviser to Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei voiced support for the ongoing attacks on Israel by terrorist group Hamas.
Iranian military commander and special advisor Yahya Rahim Safavi applauded the terrorist attacks launched by Hamas on Israeli civilians, cheering on the "liberation of Palestine," according to reports.
His remarks were quoted by the state-affiliated Iranian Students' News Agency on Saturday.
"We congratulate the Palestinian fighters," it quoted Yahya Rahim Safavi as saying. "We will stand by the Palestinian fighters until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem."
Iranian backed Hamas terrorists invaded areas of southern Israel as rocket barrages launched from the Gaza Strip struck the area on Saturday, killing at least 100 Israelis in an attack the Islamist movement Hamas is taking responsibility for.
A senior Hamas military commander, Mohammad Deif, announced the start of the operation in which he called on Palestinians everywhere to attack the Israelis.
"This is the day of the greatest battle to end the last occupation on earth," he said in a broadcast on Hamas media, saying that 5,000 rockets had been launched.
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