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the commander was killed during the strike According to US Central Command (CENTCOM), the incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. local time.
“The United States will continue to take the necessary actions to protect our people,” Centcom said. stated in a statement. “we will We will not hesitate to hold accountable all those who threaten the safety of our troops. ”
Centcom said it “doesn’t exist” Civilian casualties or collateral damage From Strike.
The strike crashed into cars in a busy area in eastern Baghdad. Commander and two other Kataib Hezbollah personnel killedaccording to the Associated Press.
Pro-Iranian statements on Telegram and state media channels named the slain commander as: Abu Bakr al-Saadi, a senior Kataib Hezbollah official.
A strike is US’s latest military action against Iranian-backed militias, And it was the first strike in Iraq since Washington struck more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria last week in response to an attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan in late January. The regime claimed the attack was carried out by Iranian proxies.
Last week’s airstrikes by B-1 bombers targeted Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and Iraq’s Islamic Resistance Forces, an umbrella group of Iranian-backed militias. Although the U.S. action was aimed at deterring further invasion,
Iranian proxy forces continue to attack US and allied bases regional.
The United States has officially blamed Iraq’s Islamic resistance group for the deadly attack in Jordan.But the Pentagon also suggested Kataib Hezbollah may have been behind the attack, with Deputy Spokeswoman Sabrina Singh There were “footprints” of militia groups.
After the attack on Jordan, Kataib Hezbollah announced that it would suspend military operations against US forces in Iraq to avoid embarrassing the Iraqi government.
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America continues to attack Iraq Despite repeated condemnations, the Iraqi government continues to hold talks with Washington about the future of the US military presence in the country.
Read the full report at TheHill.com.
