Dan De Luce is a reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
The unprecedented scale and the sophisticated tactics Hamas used in its attack on Israel indicate Iran most likely played a significant role in the multipronged assault, former U.S. intelligence and military officers say.
Marc Polymeropoulos, a former CIA officer who specialized in counterterrorism, the Middle East and South Asia, said on X that it will be critical for intelligence agencies to determine the precise role Iran played in the surprise assault. 'The difference between 'directing' the attack and giving the actual green light' versus ''coordinating' may be difference between war with Iran or not,' he said.
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