Iraqi Resistance strikes Haifa, Khazali vows to support Lebanon in war
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Iraqi politician Sheikh Qais Khazali warns the US against supporting a war on Lebanon and Hezbollah.
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Qais Khazali, the leader of the militant Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq casts his vote in the country's provincial elections in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 18, 2023. (AP)
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launched suicide drones at an Israeli military target in occupied Haifa early on Tuesday.
A statement released by the Iraqi Resistance explained that the group will continue to attack enemy sites, stressing that its operations are in support of the Palestinian people.
The Iraqi Resistance is comprised of a flurry of Resistance factions in the country that coordinate their military activities under the banner of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
In the context of the continued Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and Israeli war threats against Lebanon, the leader of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq party Sheikh Qais Khazali issued a daring statement on Monday.
Sheikh Khazali leads a prominent Iraqi party, which is also a member of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
The Iraqi politician warned the United States against aiding the Israeli occupation, saying that if "Israel" attacks Lebanon and Hezbollah, it would jeopardize American interests in Iraq and the region.
He stressed that such an event would make American interests targets.
American officials acknowledge the actual threat that an Israeli attack on Lebanon would bring on US interests in the region.
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Israeli attack on Lebanon can slip the region into all-out war
The Iraqi Resistance had launched dozens of attacks on American sites across the region after the Israeli war on Gaza was launched. It took promises of the negotiation of withdrawal of American forces from Iraq to halt operations, which had put under fire various bases including the strategic Ain al-Assad Air Base.
The chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Charles Q. Brown, also warned of similar consequences earlier.
Brown stressed that an Israeli wide-scale attack on Lebanon would risk an Iranian response, triggering a broader war that could put US forces in the region in danger.
The general said that the US will continue to talk with Israeli leaders and warn them against widening the war in the region.
However, Israeli strikes on Lebanon have persisted and escalated in recent weeks, as the Resistance in Lebanon continues to support the Palestinian people who face an unprecedented genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.
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