Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of instigating the conflict in Gaza to undermine progress in reaching a normalization agreement between Riyadh and Jerusalem.
In an interview with Israeli public broadcaster Kan News on Sunday, a source from the royal family also said that Tehran promotes terrorism and suggested that Riyadh played a role in thwarting Saturday night's drone and missile attack against Israel by the Islamic Republic and its proxies.
“Iran is a nation that endorses terrorism, and the world should have curtailed it much earlier," the Saudi royal said.
In its first-ever direct attack against the Jewish state, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles on Saturday night, with the vast majority of them intercepted by Israel and allied militaries. The Kan interview appears to be the first Saudi acknowledgement that it helped fend off the attack, along with the United States, United Kingdom, Jordan, and France.
