Iraqi resistance warns of crippling oil shortages worldwide if Israel begins 'energy war'

Israel has threatened a massive attack on Iran's nuclear energy and oil-producing infrastructure in response to Operation True Promise 2 

 News Desk - The Cradle 

A leader of a major faction in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has warned that if Israel begins a war that involves the energy sector, the world will lose 12 million barrels per day, “and this is what we will make sure of.”

Abu Ali al-Askari, the head of the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades Security Bureau, stated: “This is what we will be taking care of, but only God knows what our brethren in Yemen will do in Bab al-Mandab and our brethren in Iran will do in the Strait of Hormuz.”

Israeli leaders have threatened to launch a massive attack against Iran, including against nuclear power and oil infrastructure.

Askari warned further that the resistance’s response “will not be limited to Israel, but will extend to Washington’s bases and interests in Iraq and the region.”

Askari's threat comes as Brigadier General Yahya Saree, a Yemeni military spokesman, claimed the attack on the Olympic Spirit tanker in the Red Sea. In a video message aired Thursday night, Saree said Yemeni forces launched multiple ballistic missiles targeting the tanker.

The Strait of Hormuz is a vital oil transit chokepoint situated between Iran and Oman. Oil tankers carry approximately 17 million barrels of oil each day through the Strait, or 20 percent of the world's total consumption.

Some analysts believe that oil prices, currently around $80 per barrel, could reach more than $300 per barrel in the case of a full blockade of the Gulf of Hormuz.

Israel is seeking to retaliate for Iran's Operation True Promise 2, which saw the Islamic Republic launching at least 200 ballistic missiles against Israeli military and intelligence facilities across Israel on 1 October.

The Iranian attack came in retaliation for numerous Israeli aggressions, including the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC general Abbas Nilforoushan.

Al-Askari's statement also comes after right-wing Israeli Channel 14 aired a segment on Tuesday featuring Ayatollah al-Sistani's image on a list of potential assassination targets.

The image appeared alongside other regional figures, including Yemeni leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem, Hamas political chief Yahya Sinwar, Iranian Quds Force commander Ismail Qaani, and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

A recent documentary revealing the agenda of right-wing settler politicians in Israel suggested that some in the Zionist movement view parts of Iraq as territory to be conquered to create “Greater Israel.”

Since the start of Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza one year ago, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has sought to support the Palestinian resistance by launching rockets and drones at Israeli and US targets in the region.

On 4 October, the Israeli military reported that two of its soldiers were killed and 24 others injured in a drone strike carried out from Iraq on targets in northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.