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China Has Ties to and Supports Hamas: Here Is the Proof
Mahmoud al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Palestinian organization and political party Fatah, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of the Palestinian terror movement Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. Photo: Pedro Pardo/Pool via REUTERS
Most people realize that the Islamic Republic of Iran provides money, equipment, training, intelligence, and diplomatic support to Gaza terror groups, as well as to Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other malicious actors.
However, people rarely understand that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) also supports terror groups — including Hamas.
Hamas emerged in 1987 during the first Palestinian uprising from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch. The PRC recognized “Palestine” in 1988, and established an Office of China to the Palestinian National Authority in Gaza in 1995, which was moved to Ramallah in 2004.
At least by 1995, Hamas had direct access to Chinese diplomats in Gaza.
Multiple sources have noted that the IDF found large caches of Chinese weapons in Gaza, along with intelligence gathering equipment, and other military supplies.
The IDF found Chinese military equipment in Hamas warehouses, including large numbers of assault rifles (QBZ assault rifles) and grenade launchers (QLZ87 automatic grenade launchers), telescopic sights for rifles and cartridges for M16s, high-end communications equipment, listening devices, tactical military radios, and sophisticated explosives.
Additionally, the IDF discovered Chinese rocket technology in one of Hamas’ laboratories.
The PRC denied it, but even if the supplies were delivered by Iran, PRC officials knew that Iran forwarded equipment to Hamas. Certainly, Iran provided funding and training to use the equipment.
Chinese military technology is also in missiles used by Iran-supported terror groups such as Hezbollah (Chinese-made C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles were used in the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War), the Houthis (anti-ship ballistic missile technology), and Iraqi militia groups.
Hamas conducted combined training operations four times with 10 other Palestinian terrorist groups simulating parts of the October 7, 2023, attack on the following dates (code-named “Strong Pillar”): December 29, 2020, December 26, 2021, December 28, 2022, and finally on September 12, 2023. These drills were well-publicized.
The late Mohammed Deif was Hamas’ military wing leader; he planned and conducted the October 7 attack, also called “Al Aqsa Flood.” Deif, along with Yahya Sinwar, coordinated the training with the 10 other groups for almost four years prior to the attack
In 1996, the PLO sent Deif to China, where he studied artillery and rocketry in the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) General Armament Department’s Ordnance Engineering College, which included courses on artillery, rocketry, and explosives.
While there, Deif married two Chinese Muslim and brought them to Gaza in 2000; it is said that one of the Chinese wives opened a channel to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership to maintain CCP and Hamas communications.
One source claims that the late Ismail Haniyeh studied at Renmin University in Beijing, and, perhaps, received training on other security topics.
The Israeli name for the network of tunnels under Gaza is “Metro.” Construction of the Metro under Gaza (and into Israel and Egypt) is a massive undertaking; the tunnel network, if linked end-to-end, measures more than 350 miles. One source noted that PLA military advisors and tunnel engineers helped design and build these tunnels.
PRC Ties Before October 7
Several events might indicate that China knew about the Hamas plans to invade Israel on October 7. Prior to that date, several meetings occurred, possibly related to pre-attack discussions:
May 8-9, 2023: A senior Iranian delegation visited China and met with the minister of the CCP’s International Liaison Department, and director of the CCP’s Central Foreign Affairs Office.
June 13-16, 2023: Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, and issued a Joint Statement between the PRC and the “State of Palestine” on the establishment of Strategic Partnership.
July 17, 2023: China’s ambassador to Iran, Chang Hua, met with the Secretary General of the Iranian Expediency Discernment Council.
September 27, 2023: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad left his three young adult children in China after the Asian Games. An ancient Chinese tradition of leaving your children under the care of a ruler was a pledge of loyalty (trust), and a means of protecting them.
After October 7
China has not condemned the terror attack led by Hamas and other malicious actors on October 7, 2023.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described Israel’s response to the terrorist attacks as “beyond the scope of self-defense,” and requested Israel to “cease its collective punishment of the people of Gaza.”
These other developments have also taken place:
From March 1-2, 2024, 10 Palestinian factions including Hamas met in Russia.
On March 17, 2024, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met PRC Ambassador to Qatar, Cao Xiaolin and Foreign Ministry envoy Wang Kejian in Qatar.
On April 30, 2024, the PRC Foreign Ministry announced that Hamas and Fatah diplomats held “in-depth and candid dialogue” to promote reconciliation.
On July 23, 2024, Minister of PRC Foreign Affairs Wang Yi participated in the Beijing Declaration on “Ending Division and Strengthening Palestinian National Unity” with 14 Palestinian factions including Hamas.
PRC diplomats blame Israel for the war in Gaza at the UN and at the UN Security Council.
Internally, the PRC has allowed PRC citizens to use antisemitic tropes and flagrant anti-Israel memes to reinforce bigotry on social media and in the news media. In a highly controlled communist media environment, what state officials say or do not say reflects the CCP’s views on the conflict.
Conclusions
The US and other allies of Israel should investigate China’s support for global terror organizations and take steps against it.
China’s actions supporting terrorism are like those of Iran, Cuba, Syria, and North Korea (which are currently on the US list of regimes supporting terrorism). China should not be exempt from the terror-supporting list because of its superpower status. It is time to list China.
States whose citizens fell victim (injured, kidnapped, and murdered) to the October 7 terror attacks should take further action against China. The four countries with the most murdered civilians are Israel (1,200), France (40 deaths), Thailand (39), and the US (34).
These steps would begin to mitigate the wrong done to the October 7 victims by China’s support for Hamas and the other Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza.
Guermantes Lailari, a member of the Jewish Policy Center Board of Fellows, is a visiting research fellow at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, and a retired USAF Foreign Area Officer.
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Israel Says Missile Launched by Yemen’s Houthis ‘Most Likely’ Intercepted
Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi addresses followers via a video link at the al-Shaab Mosque, formerly al-Saleh Mosque, in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
The Israeli army said on Saturday that a missile fired from Yemen towards Israeli territory had been “most likely successfully intercepted,” while Yemen’s Houthi forces claimed responsibility for the launch.
Israel has threatened Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement – which has been attacking Israel in what it says is solidarity with Gaza – with a naval and air blockade if its attacks on Israel persist.
The Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group was responsible for Saturday’s attack, adding that it fired a missile towards the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.
Since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza in October 2023, the Houthis, who control most of Yemen, have been firing at Israel and at shipping in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade.
Most of the dozens of missiles and drones they have launched have been intercepted or fallen short. Israel has carried out a series of retaliatory strikes.
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Iran Holds Funeral for Commanders and Scientists Killed in War with Israel
People attend the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and others killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2025. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Large crowds of mourners dressed in black lined streets in Iran’s capital Tehran as the country held a funeral on Saturday for top military commanders, nuclear scientists and some of the civilians killed during this month’s aerial war with Israel.
At least 16 scientists and 10 senior commanders were among those mourned at the funeral, according to state media, including armed forces chief Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Revolutionary Guards commander General Hossein Salami, and Guards Aerospace Force chief General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.
Their coffins were driven into Tehran’s Azadi Square adorned with their photos and national flags, as crowds waved flags and some reached out to touch the caskets and throw rose petals onto them. State-run Press TV showed an image of ballistic missiles on display.
Mass prayers were later held in the square.
State TV said the funeral, dubbed the “procession of the Martyrs of Power,” was held for a total of 60 people killed in the war, including four women and four children.
In attendance were President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior figures including Ali Shamkhani, who was seriously wounded during the conflict and is an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as Khamenei’s son Mojtaba.
“Today, Iranians, through heroic resistance against two regimes armed with nuclear weapons, protected their honor and dignity, and look to the future prouder, more dignified, and more resolute than ever,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who also attended the funeral, said in a Telegram post.
There was no immediate statement from Khamenei, who has not appeared publicly since the conflict began. In past funerals, he led prayers over the coffins of senior commanders ahead of public ceremonies broadcast on state television.
Israel launched the air war on June 13, attacking Iranian nuclear facilities and killing top military commanders as well as civilians in the worst blow to the Islamic Republic since the 1980s war with Iraq.
Iran retaliated with barrages of missiles on Israeli military sites, infrastructure and cities. The United States entered the war on June 22 with strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
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Israel, the only Middle Eastern country widely believed to have nuclear weapons, said it aimed to prevent Tehran from developing its own nuclear weapons.
Iran denies having a nuclear weapons program. The U.N. nuclear watchdog has said it has “no credible indication” of an active, coordinated weapons program in Iran.
Bagheri, Salami and Hajizadeh were killed on June 13, the first day of the war. Bagheri was being buried at the Behesht Zahra cemetery outside Tehran mid-afternoon on Saturday. Salami and Hajizadeh were due to be buried on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would consider bombing Iran again, while Khamenei, who has appeared in two pre-recorded video messages since the start of the war, has said Iran would respond to any future US attack by striking US military bases in the Middle East.
A senior Israeli military official said on Friday that Israel had delivered a “major blow” to Iran’s nuclear project. On Saturday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement that Israel and the US “failed to achieve their stated objectives” in the war.
According to Iranian health ministry figures, 610 people were killed on the Iranian side in the war before a ceasefire went into effect on Tuesday. More than 4,700 were injured.
Activist news agency HRANA put the number of killed at 974, including 387 civilians.
Israel’s health ministry said 28 were killed in Israel and 3,238 injured.
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Pro-Palestinian Rapper Leads ‘Death to the IDF’ Chant at English Music festival
Revellers dance as Avril Lavigne performs on the Other Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Pilton, Somerset, Britain, June 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
i24 News – Chants of “death to the IDF” were heard during the English Glastonbury music festival on Saturday ahead of the appearance of the pro-Palestinian Irish rappers Kneecap.
One half of punk duo based Bob Vylan (who both use aliases to protect their privacy) shouted out during a section of their show “Death to the IDF” – the Israeli military. Videos posted on X (formerly Twitter) show the crowd responding to and repeating the cheer.
This comes after officials had petitioned the music festival to drop the band. The rap duo also expressed support for the following act, Kneecap, who the BCC refused to show live after one of its members, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh – better known by stage name Mo Chara – was charged with a terror offense.
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