Iranian intelligence recently transferred some $5 million to Hamas to fund terrorist attacks on Israeli targets, according to the Sunday Telegraph newspaper in England. The money, reportedly paid into the accounts of Hamas officials in Jordan in late July, was the first in a series of monthly payments being made in return for terrorist activities against Israel.
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