Countries including the US, UK, France, Australia, and Germany have backed Israel’s right to retaliation while others like Qatar, Iran, and Iraq are supporting Hamas.
Iran is the biggest supporter of Hamas:
Iran has been a generous supporter of Hamas for a number of years in terms of financial assistance and military hardware. This particularly is the case with missiles. The Iranian regime has been an outspoken supporter of Saturday’s attack in its public declarations including staging street celebrations to celebrate the attack.Â
Qatar also supports Hamas:
Qatar is also supporting Hamas financially and morally and has hosted the Hamas Political office since 2012. In the current situation, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Israel is “solely responsible for the ongoing escalation due to its continuous violations of the rights of the Palestinian people, including the recent repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police.”
Iraq is in favor of Hamas’s mission:
The current Iraqi government is also supporting Hamas’ cause. Iraqi Prime Minister has said: “The operations carried out by the Hamas is a natural result of the systematic oppression Palestinians have been subjected to for many years at the hands of the Zionist occupation authority, which has never adhered to international and UN resolutions.”
Hezbollah:
Lebanese Hezbollah is fully supporting Hamas. It has congratulated Hamas on the “large-scale, heroic operation” into Israel, saying they are “closely following the important developments on the Palestinian scene with great interest.
