Iran Hits Targets in Iraq, Syria as Hezbollah Says Israel is Stuck in ‘Deep Hole in Gaza’
The U.S. 'strongly condemned' Iran’s attacks in Erbil, but was fine with Israel's genocide in Gaza.
As we had forecast, the war in Israel has officially expanded in the region as Iran carried out strikes in Syria and Iraq in response to the major bombing in Kerman earlier this month, as Hezbollah says Israel’s ground effort in Gaza has been a failure.
Iran used ballistic missiles to target what it said was a Mossad spy base in Erbil, which is in Iraq’s Kurdistan. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said the strikes in Iraq were in response to the “recent evil acts of the Zionist regime in martyring IRGC and resistance commanders,” according to Iran’s IRNA.
Iran said it was successful in destroying one of Israel’s main headquarters in the region that was used for espionage operations and a center for terror attacks planning in the region, especially against our beloved country.”
Earlier this month, Israel carried out an airstrike in Syria, killing Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Israel has been striking countries in the region in hopes of increasing the chances of a regional war that would ensnare Iran. Indeed, Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defense minister, said after Mousavi’s killing that his country is already in a “multifront war.”
The Security Council of the Kurdistan region said in a statement that at least four civilians were killed and six other suffered injuries in the strike.
Iran’s strikes in Syria were said to be in response to the deadly suicide bombings in Kerman, which have been claimed by ISIS. Iran blames the U.S. and Israel for playing a role. At least 86 died in the blast.
Iran said it “identified and destroyed a number of key terror commanders and elements, especially Daesh (ISIS), in the occupied territories of Syria by firing a number of ballistic missiles,” CNN reported.
The U.S. State Department said in a statement that the U.S. “strongly condemns Iran’s attacks in Erbil today and offers condolences to the families of those who were killed. We oppose Iran’s reckless missile strikes, which undermine Iraq’s stability.”
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Iran is showing the world that it will not sit back while Israel and the U.S. continue to try to muscle their way to dominate the region.
Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian president, told a crowd at a funeral honoring the people killed in Kerman that Hamas’s Al-Aqsa Flood operation “will bring about the end of the Zionist regime” and promised to retaliate.
“Our enemies can see Iran’s power and the whole world knows its strength and capabilities,” he said, according to The Times of Israel. “Our forces will decide on the place and time to take action.”
Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran's foreign minister, called on U.S. officials on Monday “not to tie the security and national interests of the U.S. to the fate of Israel's prime minister who is falling,” Reuters reported.
He said the U.S. cannot call for countries like Iran to show restraint while it supports Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah said Monday that Israel is stuck in “failure” in Gaza.
“For 100 days, Gaza and its people continue to steadfastly resist, in a legendary manner [that history has not witnessed],” Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader said, according to ISNA.
"Israel is mired in failure and stuck in a deep hole it has dug in the Gaza Strip, as its analysts confirm, and it has not achieved any victory or even an 'image' of victory," he continued.
He said "any hope of forcefully retrieving Israeli captives from the Palestinian Resistance has been laid to rest," according to the report.