Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions, announced on September 4 that it had carried out a drone attack against the Israeli Mediterranean port of Haifa.
The attack was carried out “in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity [Israel] against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly” in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, the group said in a statement, vowing that “operations against enemy strongholds will continue at an increasing pace.”
Following the IRI announcement, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a brief statement that a drone heading toward Israel from the eastern direction was shot down by air defenses overnight. The drone didn’t enter Israeli airspace, according to the military.
The IDF usually uses the term “eastern direction” to refer to projectiles launched from Iraq, which indicate that the drone intercepted overnight was the one launched by the IRI at the port of Haifa.
The IRI began carrying out attacks against Israel as well as against United States forces in Iraq and neighboring Syria last October in response to the Israeli war on Gaza and Washington’s unwavering support for it.
Since then, the group has launched dozens of attacks against Israel using suicide drones and cruise missiles. None of the attacks has resulted in casualties, however.
While Israel has not openly responded to the IRI’s attacks yet, the country was blamed for several strikes that targeted Iran-backed armed factions along the Syrian-Iraqi border and near the Syrian capital, Damascus, after the start of the war in the Strip. Iraqi fighters were killed in some of these strikes.
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bravo. making the zionazi abomination pay for its genocide is karma in action. onward to palestine cured of vermin.
i hear insomnia is common in haifa
in all seriousness, jews are predisposed to neuroticism and the national mental health has taken a nose dive since oct 7. even israeli sources are talking about the mental health crisis in israel.
not surprising with the genocide on top of 100 years of brutal thievery of and land and chattel, plus operating concentration camp gaza. difficult to accept even for the most hardened jew!
more of that, much much more! and go for the haifa refinery and make it into ruins!
my daughter is ziodick whore.
čakám kedy asi tak príde k odpovedi na útok izraela voči iránu. zatiaľ som nezaznamenal, že by irán dal odpoveď. zrejme rusko presvedčilo irán, aby s tým odvetným útokom chvíľu počkali. inak neviem. lebo odplata bola oznámená!!! čakám!!! svetu mier!!!
no jews ever die or is there any damage from missiles
guderian: “nicht kleckern sondern klotzen!.” ; это война, а не чаепитие [blame google for errors. i will]