Iran, Its Proxies Will Meet to Discuss Retaliation Against Israel, Say Sources
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1 August 2024 21:36 WIB
'MAJOR REPERCUSSIONS'
Hamas' armed wing has said in a statement Haniyeh's killing would "take the battle to new dimensions and have major repercussions". Vowing to retaliate, Iran said the U.S. bore responsibility because of its support for Israel.
"Iran asked key commanders of the Iraqi resistance groups to travel to Tehran on Wednesday to attend an urgent meeting to discuss retaliation against recent Israeli strikes, including in Lebanon and Iran and the U.S. strike in Iraq,” said an Iraqi militia local commander.
Another militia source said the resistance group commanders left to attend Haniyeh's funeral and also to attend a "top urgent meeting" to decide the following steps to retaliate against Israel and the United States.
Iranians turned out to mourn Haniyeh on Thursday, a day after he was assassinated.
"All fronts of the resistance will take revenge for Haniyeh's blood," Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency.
The Iran-backed Axis of Resistance includes Hamas - the Palestinian group that ignited the war in Gaza by attacking Israel on Oct. 7- Lebanon's Hezbollah, Yemen's Houthis, and various Shi'ite armed groups in Iraq and Syria.
On April 13, Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel in what it said was retaliation for Israel's suspected deadly strike on its embassy compound in Damascus on April 1, but almost all were shot down.
"Iran's response to the assassination of Martyr Haniyeh will be stronger than before," former senior Revolutionary Guards Commander Esmail Kosari told state TV.
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