UPDATE: The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Armenian ambassador for a reprimand following Yerevan's statement recognizing the State of Palestine.

🇮🇶 🇱🇧 🇵🇸 The Iraqi Resistance Coordination Committee issued a statement suggesting a consensus among Iranian-backed Iraqi militias to resume attacks targeting US forces. | Critical Threats

🔶️ This is the Iraqi Resistance Coordination Committee's first coordinated statement since attacks on US forces paused in January 2024 that suggests such a consensus.

🔶️ Iran and Hamas are continuing to coordinate politically to maintain alignment across the Axis of Resistance during the Israel-Hamas War.

🔶️ Recent US and Israeli reports have emphasized the Hezbollah rocket, drone, and missile threat that Israel could face in the event of a major war between Israel and Hezbollah.

🔶️ Hezbollah is targeting Israeli air defense assets and surveillance equipment, probably to create temporary and local advantages vis-a-vis Israel and prepare for possible escalation.

🔶️ The tactically sophisticated nature of two Hamas attacks targeting IDF units in Rafah on June 20 underscores that two Hamas battalions in Rafah remain cohesive fighting units that have not been defeated or seriously degraded.

🔶️ This is consistent with the IDF’s report that it has “somewhat degraded” two of the four Hamas battalions in Rafah.

https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-update-june-20-2024

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