Three drones launched at Israel by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq were shot down by Israeli fighter jets on Thursday night and early Friday morning, the military said.
The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq — a loose formation of gangs affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces, itself a coalition of former paramilitary forces integrated into Iraq’s regular armed forces — has claimed dozens of drone attacks on Israel amid the ongoing war, with the IDF reporting downing many of them. Many of the militia’s claims have been exaggerated, but in one case it managed to hit an Israeli Navy base in Eilat, causing damage.
In one incident, on Thursday night, the Israel Defense Forces said two "suspicious aerial targets" — later confirmed to be drones — that were heading toward Eilat from the "eastern direction" were downed by fighter jets. No sirens sounded, as the suspected drones were downed outside Israeli airspace, according to the IDF.
Shortly after the incident, the militia took credit for the attack, claiming to have launched two drones at a "vital target" in Israel’s southernmost city.
Then in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, the military said that fighter jets shot down another unmanned aircraft approaching northern Israel from the east. The third drone also did not enter Israeli airspace, according to the IDF.
Part of an interceptor missile used to down the drone, impacted in the northern city of Safed, sparking a fire. The IDF said the incident was under investigation. There were no injuries.
Shortly after the IDF said it had downed a third drone, the Islamic Resistance® in Iraq took responsibility, saying it launched a drone at the Haifa port. The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq said the attacks were in support of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
, given Israel’s war there against the Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...terror group.
On Monday, three drones launched by the militia were downed by fighter jets and a Sa’ar 4.5-class missile ship, according to the IDF.
Amid the ongoing war, Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, and Syria, have claimed to have launched dozens of drones at Israel. Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
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militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
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itself also carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel last month with hundreds of drones and missiles.
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