TEHRAN,(Reuters) – Palestinian militant group Hamas will step up its attacks on Israeli targets if the Jewish state attacks its key ally in the region, Iran, Hamas chief-in-exile Khaled Meshaal said on Thursday.
"If Israel attacks Iran then Hamas will widen and increase its confrontation of Israelis inside Palestine," Meshaal told reporters in Tehran, where he has held three days of talks with top political and security officials.
Israeli officials have warned they could try to destroy Iran”s nuclear facilities in the same way that Israel bombed Iraq”s Osiraq nuclear reactor in 1981. Iran, which says its nuclear facilities will not be used to make atomic bombs, has said it will retaliate if attacked.
Meshaal also praised Iran”s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for recent comments in which he called the Holocaust a myth and said Israel should be moved to Europe or North America.
"Those were brave and true remarks and it was what the Islamic nations say, especially Palestinians," he said.
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