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Ted Cruz: “Iran funds over 90% of Hezbollah's budget.”

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Hezbollah is a different terrorist organization. Both Hezbollah and Hamas, their patron is Iran. And Iran funds over 90% of Hamas's budget. Iran funds over 90% of Hezbollah's budget. When October 7 first erupted, Israel quite rightly declared, we are going to utterly destroy Hamas. (12:29–12:33)

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