Israel’s public broadcasting company, colloquially known as “Kan”. was interviewed An unnamed Saudi royal official said Sunday that Iran “orchestrated the war in Gaza to destroy the progress in relations” between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
“Iran’s actions are irresponsible. We all know that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism and it should have been stopped a long time ago,” the Saudi official said.
Some other sources are same claimThat includes US President Joe Biden, who said two weeks after the October 7 atrocity that Hamas “moved to Israel” because “the Saudis wanted to recognize Israel.” . Some have suggested that Hamas also aimed to destroy Israel’s improved relations with other major Islamic countries, such as Indonesia.
For Saudi Arabia, Hamas’s bloody ploy appears to have worked, at least temporarily. frozen relationship He met with Israel on October 13, after Israel’s response to the atrocities began. Saudi officials said they would seek further concessions from Israel for a Palestinian state once normalization talks resumed, another sign that Hamas’s alleged terror strategy has succeeded.
Saudi officials who met with Prime Minister Suga on Sunday did not deny reports that Saudi Arabia helped intercept drones and missiles launched by Iran against Israel on Saturday night.
“Any suspicious objects that enter Saudi airspace are intercepted. It’s a question of sovereignty,” he said.
of wall street journal (WSJ) claimed On Monday, “six other countries” joined the United States and Israel in launching a highly effective defense against an Iranian attack.
jordan cabinet said Jordanian forces intercepted several objects that entered their airspace on Sunday, some near the Iraq-Syria border. Witnesses reported seeing multiple interceptions within 60 miles of Jordan’s capital, Amman.
by WSJ’s Saudi Arabia and its close ally the United Arab Emirates (UAE) shared information with the United States and Israel on Thursday about an impending attack on Iran, sources said.
“Iranian missiles and drones were tracked from the moment of launch by Persian Gulf states’ early warning radars in conjunction with the US operations center in Qatar, and were sent to alert warplanes from several countries in the skies of Jordan and other countries. , which also affected naval vessels and Israeli missile defense batteries,” the report said.
