Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on October 29 said Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza "may force everyone" to act, in the latest warning issued by the Islamic republic since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Israel has been pounding the tiny Palestinian territory since Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on October 7 and, according to Israeli officials, killed more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians. Iran, which financially and militarily backs Hamas, hailed the October 7 attacks as a "success." But it has insisted it was not involved in the onslaught.
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