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Unrecognized Syrian militia claims responsibility for rocket fire on Israel, says it’s only the start
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
A spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Front, a new unrecognized militia in Syria, claims responsibility for the rocket fire on Israel Tuesday, and vows that it was only the start of the group’s fight against Israel.
Along with the Islamic Resistance Front, a group calling itself the Mohammed Deif Brigade has also claimed it was behind the attack. Neither claim could be immediately verified.
The spokesman, identified only as Abu Qasem, says in a recording published by Lebanon’s pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen news outlet that the rocket fire was a response to “Israel’s massacres in Palestine, Israel’s daily attacks in Syria, and the wave of normalization between the current Syrian regime and Israel.”
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