Shia militias belonging to the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement claim to have struck a military target in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa of the country, reported the news portal Ynet.
According to him, a movement consisting of pro-Iranian militias claimed responsibility for an attack on a military target in Haifa. According to the organization's statement, the attack was carried out with a cruise missile, the portal notes.
Shiite formations in Iraq increased their activity after the escalation of the situation in the region in October 2023 as a result of the infiltration of militants of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, accompanied by the killing of residents of border villages and the taking of hostages. The radicals called this attack a response to the actions of the Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israel declared a total blockade of Gaza and launched strikes on it and certain areas of Lebanon and Syria, after which it launched a ground operation in the enclave. There are also clashes on the West Bank.