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The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions, announced on August 29 that it had attacked the Alon Tavor power plant close to the northern Israeli city of Haifa with a suicide drone.
The attack was carried out “in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity [Israel] against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly” in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, the group said in a statement, vowing that “operations against enemy strongholds will continue at an increasing pace.”
Video footage released by the group showed the launch of what appears to be an Iranian-made Shahed-101 suicide drone. Aside from having a range of several hundred kilometers, not much is known about the relatively small drone.
Hebrew media didn’t report any warnings or interceptions in northern Israel due to attacks from Iraq in the last few days. However, this does not mean that the attacks failed as the Israeli military has the power to censor all news related to security incidents in the country.
The IRI began launching attacks against Israel as well as against United States forces in Iraq and neighboring Syria in response to Israel’s bloody war on Gaza and Washington’s unwavering support for it.
The group suspended attacks against U.S. forces last February after the death of three American troops in a drone strike on a base in Jordan, reportedly upon a request from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. However, it escalated attacks against Israel starting from March.
Israel has not openly responded to the IRI’s attacks yet. Nevertheless, it was blamed for several strikes and suspected acts of sabotage that targeted Iran-backed armed factions in both Syria and Iraq.
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