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Iraqi fury as Israeli media incites killing of top Shia cleric

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Iraq 's top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani , is targeted by Israel 's Channel 14 .

Channel 14 broadcast image of prominent anti-Israel resistance leaders targeted for assassination.

The broadcast has sparked widespread outrage across Iraq , with many officials and citizens interpreting it as a provocation tantamount to a declaration of war.

Ayatollah al-Sistani was born in the Iranian city of Mashhad in 1930 .

He is the most prominent religious authority for Shia Muslims worldwide.

He has historically refrained from making such calls unless the situation was deemed critical.

Al-sistani's influence was demonstrated most powerfully in June 2014 , when he issued a fatwa urging young Iraqi men to take up arms against the Islamic State.

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