Its leader, Akram al-Kaabi, announced the formation of the Golan Liberation Brigade in March 2017.
Nujaba, of the Iraqi Shia militias, has a long record of declarations of intent regarding its desire to intervene in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Such pledges and claims amount to little more than rhetoric. These include a claim by the Ashab al Kahf group, a front for the well-known Asaib Ahl Al Haq militia, to have fired the three rockets launched at Israeli territory from Syria on May 14. In an interview with the Iranian Mehr News Agency on Sunday, Al-Shammari said, “We are ready to support the Palestinian resistance from weapons and the transfer of experience to direct participation in the fight against this usurping regime.”Ī new study by Hamdi Malik at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy details further statements by Iraqi Shia militias. Nasir al-Shammari, deputy leader of Hezbollah al-Nujaba in Iraq, pledged his movement’s willingness to offer practical support for Hamas. Lesser elements of Iran’s “resistance axis” (the term Tehran prefers for its archipelago of proxy political-military organizations across the region) have also expressed their support for Hamas’s campaign. Haniyeh described Hamas’s fight against Israel as the battle of all Muslims. Ghaani, whose knowledge of the Arab world is limited, reiterated his country’s support for the muqawama (“resistance”).
The reports in Iranian media of the conversations described formulaic exchanges. Ghaani also called Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah. Esmail Ghaani notably spoke by telephone with Qatar-based Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday. But these acts were a gesture, not a signal by IRGC/Hezbollah of intervention into the conflict. But these appear to have been symbolic efforts, timed to coincide with the marking of “Nakba Day.” The launches from Lebanon could not have taken place without the permission of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and their Lebanese Hezbollah proxy, who are the true rulers of that country. Launchings of rockets from southern Lebanon and Syria in the direction of Israel caused heightened alerts in the North last week. Iran and its allies appear to wish to avoid any direct intervention in support of Hamas’s war against Israel from the Gaza Strip.
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