(22 Sep 2024)
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Baghdad, Iraq – 22 September 2024
1. Various of Kataeb Hezbollah militants walking in front of funeral procession
2. Various of militants walking beside funeral car
3. People stopping by funeral car
4. Supporters holding Kataeb flags and banners
5. Close of writings on placards reading (Arabic) “Allah, God is great, America is the greatest Satan”
6. Various of man crying in the funeral
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sheikh Salim Ali al Hamdan, attending funeral:
“We tribal sheikhs (elders) have a message to the Americans and Zionist occupations that the more you kill our leaders, the more we become stronger, believer and supporter for the Islamic Resistance.”
8. Various of funeral
9. Mourners walking, holding posters of killed commander
10. Wide of funeral
STORYLINE:
An official funeral was held in Baghdad on Sunday for a leader in the Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Kataeb Hezbollah, whom the group said was killed by an Israeli strike in Syria on Friday.
Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah group – which is different from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah – said in a statement that Abu Haidar al-Khafaji was killed "while performing his duties as a security advisor in Damascus."
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had earlier reported that a leader in Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah group was killed and another person injured in a drone strike on the car they were traveling in on the road to the Damascus airport.
An official with an Iraqi militia confirmed that a car carrying a group of militia members was struck in Damascus, killing one person and injuring three others.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
There was no comment from Israeli officials on the strike.
Israel frequently strikes Iranian and Iran-linked groups in Syria but rarely acknowledges the strikes.
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