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| Iran warns Israel against new Gaza attack |
| 2009-12-17 |
| [Ma'an] Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Iran against attacking Gaza again during a meeting with Hamas' top leader Khalid Mash'al who is visiting Iran. Khamenei was quoted by the state news agency IRNA saying that Israel will suffer "fresh critical blows" if it wages another war on Gaza. Mash'al said that conversely, Hamas and other armed groups would intervene on Iran's side if it were attacked by Israel. "All Islamist militant groups will form a united front with Iran against Israel if it attacks Iran," Mash'al said during a news conference carried on state television, according to Reuters. "We are all parts of the same body ... We all should fight against the mutual enemy. But how, the leaders will decide, based on our capacities," he was quoted as saying. Israel waged a 22-day offensive on Gaza last December and January that left more than 1,400 Palestinians dead. Thirteen Israelis also died. Iran is also concerned that Israel could launch a preemptive strike against its nuclear reactors, which Israel alleges are part of a weapons program. Israel has the region's only known nuclear arsenal. |
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