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submitted 5 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Iran-backed Shi'ite armed groups in Iraq have ramped up rocket and missile attacks on Israel in recent weeks, raising concerns in Washington and among some Iranian allies of potential Israeli retaliation and regional escalation should they draw blood.

Though the attacks, often from hundreds of miles (kms) away, are not seen by western officials and Israeli experts as posing the same level of threat to Israel as point-blank strikes by Hamas and Hezbollah, they have increased in number and sophistication.

At least two have hit their targets and many have had to be shot down by U.S. and Israeli defences, according to U.S officials and public statements by the Israeli military.

New weaponry such as cruise missiles have been regularly used since May and are harder for air defences to destroy.

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[-] ralphio@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

For these particular groups the article says the exact opposite.

But on Nov. 2 they claimed their first ever attack on Israel.

In general it is pretty rare for anyone to directly attack Israel other than groups they created through their various occupations, mainly Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

No. Israel has started it's genocide the day Zionism was created and militias started forcing Palestinians out of their homes and killing them in the first place.

[-] ralphio@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Ah OK, I can't read apparently. I thought you meant the attacks from Iraqi militias have been going on longer than the current Israeli invasion. I agree with your original comment.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Ah ok lol no worries.

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