Iraq Resistance strike 'vital' Israeli site in Umm al-Rashrash

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
21 Aug 2024 05:32
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The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says the operation was carried out using drones.

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Footage shows the Islamic Resistance in Iraq's targeting of the port of Ashdod with drones on January 23, 2024. (Iraqi Resistance Military Media)

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced on Tuesday that it attacked a "vital" Israeli target in occupied Umm al-Rashash [Eilat] using drones.

In a statement, the group said that the operation comes as part of its ongoing support to the Palestinian people in Gaza and their Resistance, affirming that the Resistance will continue its attacks on "enemy positions until the Israeli aggression on Gaza ceases."

This comes a few days after the group said it targeted an Israeli military site in occupied Golan Heights with drones.

Earlier, the Iraqi Resistance Coordination Committee warned that it is "not bound by any restrictions" if "US occupation forces become involved again in targeting the people of Iraq or exploiting its airspace to carry out attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran," emphasizing that its response at that time "will not be constrained."

The committee noted that this warning comes "amid the ongoing escalation of imperialist forces in their brutal and treacherous attacks against peoples and their resistance fighters."

The statement added that these forces "continue to support and protect the security of the Zionist entity at the expense of regional security, disregarding the sovereignty of Iraq and other countries opposing its criminal policies."

Additionally, the committee warned that "If the Zionists carry out an aggression against Lebanon, the interests of the US enemy in Iraq and the region will become legitimate targets."

The statement came as Iran and Hezbollah prepare to respond to the Israeli occupation's assassination of Hamas's political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Resistance leader Sayyed Fouad Shokor in Beirut, a development that has put both "Israel" and its ally the United States on high alert over the past weeks.