Hamas 'disappointed' by lack of support from many Middle Eastern countries, senior official says

The day after Iran launched strikes against Israel, a senior Hamas official said that the group has been let down by its Arab neighbors after the Oct. 7 attacks.

DOHA, Qatar — The day after Iran launched strikes against Israel, a senior Hamas official told NBC News on Wednesday that the militant group has been let down by its Arab neighbors in the wake of the Oct. 7 terror attacks. 

In an interview in Qatar’s capital, Doha, where part of the group’s political wing is based, Dr. Basem Naim said Hamas was “disappointed by the reaction of the region, of the countries in the region.” Although some of them had supported the group politically and financially, he said Iran “was maybe the only country regarding supporting the resistance.”  

He added that Yahya Sinwar, the alleged mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, is still alive and communicating with both Hamas’ leadership and his forces on the ground. 

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement that Wednesday’s strikes on Israel were a response to the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike last week and the killing of Hamas’ political leader in Tehran.

Hamas' Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, in 2021.Mustafa Hassona / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images fileIsmail Haniyeh was killed in an explosion at his residence in the Iranian capital shortly after he participated in the inauguration ceremony of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Israel, which was blamed for the strike that also killed Haniyeh’s bodyguard, has not said whether it was behind the blast. Israel rarely claims responsibility for such acts.

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