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Iraqi resistance group vows to stand by Yemenis after Israeli strikes

Sunday, 21 July 2024 11:01 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 21 July 2024 11:01 AM ]

In this file picture, members the Iraqi anti-terror Kata'ib Hezbollah movement wave their group’s flag during a parade in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Reuters)

A major Iraqi anti-terror group has pledged wholehearted support for Yemeni Armed Forces against Israel after the usurping regime carried out a series of air raids against the Arab country’s Red Sea port city of Hudaydah.

“Strikes on Yemeni civilian neighborhoods attest to the occupying Israeli regime’s confusion, and are part of its attempts to revive the arrogance that was shattered by resistance forces fighting in support of Palestine.

“While we extend our sincere condolences to the bereaved facilities of the victims, we voice our full support and solidarity with all resistance groups, particularly Yemeni fighters, in the battle against the [Zionist] enemy,” Kata'ib Hezbollah, also known as the Hezbollah Brigades, said in a statement on Sunday.

It added that Israel continues its criminal actions in the West Asia region with the support of the United States and the Arab regimes that have normalized relations with the regime.

The air raids against the port city of Hudaydah are part of the Israeli regime’s desperate attempts to discourage Yemenis, and make them abandon support for the steadfast Palestinian nation, the statement also read.

Israeli aggression won’t deter Yemen from supporting Palestine: Resistance groups

Palestinian resistance groups say earlier Israeli acts of aggression against Yemen are incapable of deterring the country from continuing its pro-Palestinian operations.

Kata'ib Hezbollah further noted that the brave Yemeni nation and leader of the Ansarullah resistance movement, Abdul-Malik al-Mouthi, have the strong willpower and effective prowess to deter arrogant powers.

“This power enables them to take Zionists down a peg as they did before with Americans in the Red Sea,” the Iraqi resistance group pointed out.

Yemen’s al-Masirah television channel said the Israeli attack targeted oil storage facilities and a power plant in Hudaydah on Saturday, igniting a fire.

Three people have been killed and 87 wounded in the Israeli air raids, the Yemeni Ministry of Health stated.

Yemen's Supreme Political Council pledged to respond to the attack on the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah. “This aggression will not pass without an effective response against the enemy,” it said in a statement.

Mohammed Abdul-Salam, Ansarullah spokesman, said the “brutal Israeli aggression against Yemen” aims to “pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza, which is a dream that will not come true”.

The Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas quickly condemned the Israeli assault in a statement.

“The occupying regime will undoubtedly be burned by the fire ignited in Hudaydah today, and the mounting Zionist crimes will change the entire equation,” Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the Palestinian group’s political bureau, said.

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