Former Trump adviser Bolton calls for Iran ‘regime change’ after Israel terror attack

John Bolton, the former national security adviser to former president Donald Trump, called for “regime change” in Iran on Sunday following reports of the country’s support and involvement in the Saturday Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel.

“This is one of history’s best cases for regime change,” Bolton wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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Israel was caught by surprise Saturday when armed Hamas terrorists attacked civilians in southern border cities and towns near the Gaza Strip border. The group killed Israeli civilians, capturing others, including families, the elderly, and children, and bringing them as prisoners to Gaza. A CNN analysis suggests the death toll is more than 500.

“Hamas has now admitted that its barbaric attacks on Israel were supported by Iran,” Bolton wrote, referring to a Hamas spokesperson, Ghazi Hamad, telling the BBC Iran supported the attack.

According to Bolton, “Almost certainly, that means Iran directed as well as aided Hamas. It is long past time for the Biden Administration to stand up to the mullahs in Tehran.”

After Bolton’s post, Hamad’s claim to BBC was confirmed and expanded on in a new report claiming Iran had a direct role in the attack’s planning. Iranian security officials reportedly assisted with planning the terrorist attack on Israel, even giving Hamas approval to go forward with the attack during a meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday of last week, per the Wall Street Journal, which cited senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah — a terrorist organization which also has Iran’s backing.

A senior White House official told reporters Sunday that it was too soon to know if Iran had any involvement. They indicated that the White House has further strongly warned that if Hezbollah, or any other entities hostile to Israel, were to use Saturday’s attack to their advantage by launching their own, it would be a mistake.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers had been working with Hamas since August in order to plot the invasion of Israel by way of air, land, and sea, which was the most notable infringement of the country’s borders since the 1973 Yom Kippur War that started 50 years prior, practically to the day.

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A number of meetings took place in Beirut, where details were solidified. These meetings featured Iranian officers and representation for four different terrorist groups were present, all of which are backed by Iran. The groups represented included both Hamas and Hezbollah.

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mirdawi denied Iranian involvement in the publication. “This is a Palestinian and Hamas decision,” he said.