Akram al-Kaabi, named in the text as secretary-general of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, issued a statement on the evening of 8 August 2026 saying the diplomatic option with Saudi Arabia is futile, that the correct way to discipline it is humiliation, and that this "will only be through an appropriate military response" fulfilling the blood of "our righteous martyrs from the sons of the Popular Mobilization Forces whom its treacherous hand reached" — rejecting compensation and closing with "missiles are answered only by missiles, and fire only by fire". The full text appeared first on his own channel at 19:58:45 and on five further Nujaba-linked and Ashab al-Kahf-linked channels within 33 seconds; Kataib Hezbollah's Al-Ittijah TV and the Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada-aligned Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi carried excerpts by 20:19. Two independent lines support the finding — the leader's own channel and its onward carriage across three different factional networks — but nothing in the window names a target, a timetable, or claims an operation.
- Akram al-Kaabi channelNujaba — official leader channel08 Aug, 22:58
“It will become clear to all the brothers that the option of diplomacy with the base Wahhabi Al Saud entity is futile... and that will only come through an appropriate military response... missiles are answered only by missiles, and fire only by fire”
سيتضح لجميع الإخوة أن خيار الدبلوماسية مع كيان آل سعود الوهابي الوضيع غير مجدٍ ... ولن يكون ذلك إلا برد عسكري مناسب ... فالصواريخ لا ترد إلا بالصواريخ، والنار لا تقابل إلا بالنار
- Harakat Hezbollah al-NujabaNujaba — official armed group channel08 Aug, 22:59
“That will only come through an appropriate military response fulfilling the blood of our righteous martyrs from the sons of the Popular Mobilization Forces”
ولن يكون ذلك إلا برد عسكري مناسب يتحقق به الوفاء لدماء شهدائنا الأبرار من أبناء الحشد الشعبي
- Noon MediaNujaba — official social media channel08 Aug, 22:59
“Missiles are answered only by missiles, and fire only by fire”
فالصواريخ لا ترد إلا بالصواريخ، والنار لا تقابل إلا بالنار
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media08 Aug, 23:03
“Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi: all the money in the world is not worth one drop of the precious blood of Iraq's martyrs; missiles are answered only by missiles”
الشيخ أكرم الكعبي: بل إن كل أموال الدنيا لا تساوي قطرة دم واحدة من دماء شهداء العراق الغالية فالصواريخ لا ترد إلا بالصواريخ
- Jehad Brothers TeamNujaba — affiliated/aligned media08 Aug, 22:59
“That will only come through an appropriate military response fulfilling the blood of our righteous martyrs from the sons of the Popular Mobilization Forces whom its treacherous hand reached”
ولن يكون ذلك إلا برد عسكري مناسب يتحقق به الوفاء لدماء شهدائنا الأبرار من أبناء الحشد الشعبي الذين طالتهم يد غدره
- Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned/non-official media08 Aug, 22:59
“The option of diplomacy with the base Wahhabi Al Saud entity is futile”
خيار الدبلوماسية مع كيان آل سعود الوهابي الوضيع غير مجدٍ
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official owned media08 Aug, 23:15
“Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi: the right course is to discipline and humiliate the Wahhabi Al Saud entity, and that will only come through an appropriate military response”
الشيخ أكرم الكعبي: الصواب تأديب وأهانة كيان آل سعود الوهابي ولن يكون ذلك الا برد عسكري مناسب
- Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated/aligned media08 Aug, 23:19
“Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi: that will only come through an appropriate military response... missiles are answered only by missiles, and fire only by fire”
🔴الشيخ اكرم الكعبي: ولن يكون ذلك إلا برد عسكري مناسب ... فالصواريخ لا ترد إلا بالصواريخ، والنار لا تقابل إلا بالنار
On the same question in the same hour, the Nujaba leader's channel and Asaib Ahl al-Haq's broadcaster set out opposite remedies — military retaliation versus apology and compensation — while Kataib Hezbollah and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada media chose to relay the Nujaba text rather than their own.