And of one dead and eight injured in an air raid happened during the night against a base in Iraq that hosts pro-Iranian militias. This was reported by security sources in Baghdad, while a note from the Hashed al-Shaabi group – an alliance of Shiite groups now integrated into the regular army – announced that the attack against the Calso base caused “material losses”, but not the number of victims was specified.
The airstrikes killed a Hashd Shaabi fighter and injured other Iraqi fighters and soldiers, as well as causing a large fire in the attacked targets.
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Israeli sources also denied Tel Aviv’s involvement in the air raid to CNN.
Pro-Iran militias, drone against Eliat in response to attack on Iraq
The pro-Iranian militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for launching a drone against Eliat, in Israel, in response to “Israeli violations of Iraqi sovereignty and its attacks against the bases of the Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashed al-Shaabi), he wrote on Ynet after last night’s raid on the Calso base in Iraq.
The Iraqi government has not yet released any statement regarding the airstrikes, but the Hashd Shaabi Forces said in a brief statement that an investigative team had arrived at the scene and that more details would be revealed later.
Meanwhile, Abu Alaa al-Walai, secretary general of the Iran-backed Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigades, which are part of Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi Forces, said in an online statement that “an answer will be given to whoever is behind the sinful attack on Hashd Shaabi base after completing investigation.”