The Islamic Resistance Movement of Iraq (IRI) is an umbrella organization of Iranian-backed Shiite militias. terrorist attack US and allied forces in Iraq claimed responsibility for five missile and drone attacks on Israeli targets on Tuesday.
Iraq’s Shiite militias have launched hundreds of attacks against U.S. targets since October, including a drone attack that killed three U.S. service members near the Syria-Jordan border in January. This includes aircraft attacks. Kataib Hezbollah (KH), the most powerful of the Shi’ite militias, “suspended operations” against “occupation forces” after January airstrikes to avoid “embarrassing” the central government in Baghdad. ” is said to have happened. However, K.H. We have resumed These operations took place in March, prompting new retaliatory airstrikes by the United States.
Members of the Iraqi Shiite militant group attend the funeral of a Kataib Hezbollah fighter killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
IRI issued On Tuesday, two statements were released, supposedly on behalf of the Palestinian people, claiming to have attacked Israeli targets such as the Ashkelon oil port and Israel’s Hatzerim air base. Iran and its proxy terrorist network are trying to stop Israel’s attack on Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
IRI claimed it used “appropriate weapons” in the attack. released picture Ostensibly a force firing missiles at Ashkelon. Israel has not reported any serious damage or loss of life from these attacks, but most appear to have been carried out by individuals or small drones rather than ballistic missiles.
of era of israel (Toi) Said As of Sunday morning, there were “no reports of drone attacks,” but “rocket sirens sounded at 11 a.m. in the Golan Heights, where one of our bases is located.”
“Israel is bracing for Iranian retaliation after last week’s alleged Iranian attack on its consulate in Damascus that left a senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps dead.” Toi I got it.
Rescue workers search through the rubble of a building attached to the Iranian embassy the day after an airstrike in Damascus, Syria, April 2, 2024. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)
Israel’s Red Sea port city of Eilat has reportedly come under repeated missile and drone attacks from the Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi rebels since the start of the Gaza conflict. hit It was attacked by a drone from Iraq on April 1st.
IRI claimed responsibility for the attack, which appears to have ended after a drone crashed into a hangar at the Eilat naval base and an attack launched by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). characteristic as “minor” damage to the building. IRI claims it was able to attack “high-value targets” in Eilat, a phrase used in most statements.
Shortly before midnight on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces announced that its Iron Dome missile defense system is capable of: intercept A drone headed for Eilat that may have been launched from Iraq.
The two interceptor missiles were part of the C-Dome upgrade to the Iron Dome system and were fired from Israeli corvettes. Civilians on the coast of Eilat observed the launch and interception.
Another clip taken by a beachgoer in Eilat. pic.twitter.com/A4GiaroiUV
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Iranian state media report Iran’s Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah announced on Saturday that it plans to supply weapons to about 12,000 Islamic Resistance Movement fighters in Jordan in a strategy similar to the deal between Tehran and IRI. did.
Iran’s ISNA news agency reported:
The threat is to open a wide front against the Zionist regime, which would geographically threaten all cities in the occupied territories and could facilitate attacks on many of the most sensitive targets, including Tel Aviv and Tel Aviv. Probably the most dangerous of all fronts due to its nature. nuclear facility.
Hezbollah representatives said they were ready to provide Jordanian terrorist forces with “light and medium weapons, anti-armor weapons, advanced missiles, and millions of tons of explosives and ammunition” provided by Iran.
