Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei contended that “the U.S. is a definite accomplice of the criminals [ie, Israel]... In fact, [the U.S.] is somehow managing the crimes being committed in Gaza”. The same day, an Israeli military spokesperson claimed that “Iran directly aided Hamas before the war, with training, supplying weapons, money and technological know-how… Even now, Iranian aid to Hamas in the form of intelligence and online incitement against the State of Israel continues”.