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Sa’adollah Zarei, Member Of Editorial Board Of Iranian Regime Mouthpiece ‘Kayhan’: ‘The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Hamas, And The Rest Of The Armed Groups Have The Right To Be Provided’ With Fighters, Weapons, And Military Facilities’ Just As Israel Does; ‘The True Representatives Of The Vast Majority Of Palestine Are Not [Palestinian Authority President] Abbas And His Ilk, But… The Leaders Of The Palestinian Resistance’

Recently, Sa’adollah Zarei, who is on the editorial board of the Iranian regime mouthpiece Kayhan, and Ramazan Sharif, who heads the Intifada and Quds Central Headquarters of the Islamic Propaganda Coordination Council and is spokesman of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), both expressed opposition to the “two-state solution” for Israel and Palestine proposed by countries in the West for after the Israel-Hamas war is over.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Claims Two Of Its Fighters Were Killed In South Lebanon In Combat Against Israel

On December 7, 2023, Saraya Al-Quds, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), eulogized two of its fighters who allegedly were killed in south Lebanon in a combat against Israel.

Citing a Quranic verse that promises heavens for “martyrs,” the statement, which was posted on the group’s Telegram channel, identified the two fighters as Mohammad Ahmad Saleh (31 years) and Malik Ahmad Omar, a.k.a. Abu Hussien (27 years).

Yemen’s Iran-Backed Houthi Movement – A Brief Primer In View Of Recent Escalation Against Israel And The U.S.

Introduction

Yemen’s Ansar Allah Houthi Movement – a delisted foreign terrorist organization (FTO) – has, since October 7, launched six rounds of aerial projectiles at Israel,[1] downed a U.S. drone in Yemen,[2] captured a shipping vessel in the Red Sea,[3] and, most recently, fired ballistic missiles and drones in the vicinity of a U.S. Navy vessel.[4]

IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh On Iran’s Involvement In Gaza War: We Did What We Had To Do; Their Only Means Of Defense Used To Be Stones – Now They Have Rockets, Advanced Weapons

General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, spoke in an address before Basij students that was aired on IRINN TV (Iran) on December 1, 2023 about Iran’s role in the Gaza war. He said that Iran “has done what it had to do.” Hajizadeh explained that in the past, the only means of defense the people of Gaza had were stones, but now they have rockets and advanced weapons and capabilities.

Iran Continues to Benefit from Mideast War

Latest Developments

Global oil prices spiked on December 18 after BP announced that it is pausing traffic in the Red Sea due to “the deteriorating security situation for shipping.” This announcement came as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis attacked two commercial vessels in the Red Sea — the latest in a string of Houthi missile and drone attacks against ships in the area. The rise in oil prices will benefit Tehran, which is also raking in cash from U.S. sanctions waivers, including access to $10 billion previously held in escrow in Iraq.

Katibat Junud al-Makhdi

highlights:
Established In: July 2016;

Key Members: Sayfuddin al-Tatari;

Operational Area: Latakia Governorate, Syria;

Size: 400;

Involved In: Bomb Attacks, Armed Attacks;

Islamic State

highlights:
Established In: 1999

Established By: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (death), Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi (also known as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi);

Also Known As: Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Daesh, ISIS, ISIL

Country Of Origin: Iraq and Syria

Hamas Creates New Terrorist Group to Destroy Lebanon

On December 4, the Iran-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas announced the establishment of a new terrorist group in Lebanon with the goal of “liberating Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.” In the past two months, Hamas terrorists in Lebanon have carried out rocket attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians in northern Israel.