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Iraqi Resistance strikes two Israeli targets using drones

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Mayadeen English
  • 17 Oct 2024 18:48
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The Resistance in Iraq has attacked two Israeli targets within occupied Palestine and affirmed its commitment to continuing operations in support of the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

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  • The resistance in Iraq has attacked two Israeli targets within occupied Palestine and affirmed its commitment to continuing operations in support of the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
    The resistance in Iraq released footage of launching a drone toward the occupied Palestinian territories on October 17, 2024. (ScreenGrab/Iraqi Resistance Media)

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced on Thursday that they have successfully targeted two Israeli sites using drones within the occupied Palestinian territories.

In a statement, the Iraqi Resistance confirmed they struck "a military target inside occupied Palestine with a drone." Additionally, they revealed in another statement that they had executed an attack on a critical target in southern occupied Palestine using drones.

The Resistance emphasized that these operations are part of a "continuation of its strategy to resist the occupation, support our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and respond to the atrocities committed by the occupation against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly." They asserted that "operations will persist, intensifying the strikes on the enemies' strongholds."

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The Iraqi Resistance also released footage today showing the launch of drones aimed at a critical target in southern occupied Palestine.

🔻مشاهد من إطلاق المقاومة الإسلامية في العراق لطيران مسير باتجاه هدف حيوي جنوب الأراضي المحتلة.

بتاريخ ١٧-١٠-٢٠٢٤ pic.twitter.com/DLFnzayrtu

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) October 17, 2024

At the beginning of the video, images of the martyred Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, along with the Lebanese and Palestinian flags, were displayed, alongside a picture of the supreme religious authority in Iraq, Sayyed Ali al-Sistani.

This morning, the Iraqi Resistance struck a vital target in Umm al-Rashrash [Eilat] using drones. The operation came as a continuation of their pledge to resist the occupation and in response to the massacres it continues to commit against children, women, and the elderly, in Lebanon and Gaza, they indicated. 

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