It included a warning to Baghdad.. Report: Israel prepared a target bank for sites inside Iraq

It included a warning to Baghdad.. Report: Israel prepared a target bank for sites inside Iraq

2024-11-03 01:50

It included a warning to Baghdad.. Report - Israel prepared a target bank for sites inside IraqShafaq News/ An Israeli report revealed on Sunday that Tel Aviv has identified a “target bank”, some of which are Iraqi and others belong to armed factions, to strike if attacks from the country continue. The report indicated that Israeli officials have conveyed several warnings to Baghdad in this regard.

The Times of Israel quoted unnamed officials as saying that satellites monitored Tehran’s work to transfer ballistic missiles and related equipment from Iran to Iraqi territory, with the presumed goal of using them in an expected imminent attack on Israel.

The newspaper added in a report that “Israel is monitoring and identifying targets related to the militias supported by Iran, in addition to Iraqi targets.”

Baghdad has warned that it must rein in the militias and prevent them from using its territory to launch attacks.

Drone attacks have increased in recent weeks, with a regional security official saying there were an average of five attacks a day from inside Iraq against Israel by Iranian-allied militias, and over the past week, eight drones were launched in a 24-hour period.

Two officials told the Hebrew newspaper, speaking on condition of anonymity, that American forces and partner forces were intercepting the attack drones, explaining that the ongoing attacks increased the possibility of Israel responding directly to those attacks.

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