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One killed, six wounded following blast targeting PMF in Iraq
Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), an official security force, said its command post at the Camp Kalsu military base south of Baghdad was hit by a huge explosion, which two security sources said came from an air strike.
One PMF fighter was killed and six were wounded, two sources at a hospital in the nearby city of Hilla told Reuters news agency.
Earlier, a statement released by the PMF in Babil (Babylon) province stated that “American aggression bombed the Kalso military base”.
The area is located near the town of Iskandariya around 50km (31 miles) south of the capital, Baghdad. The PMF started out as a grouping of armed factions, many with close links to Iran, that was later recognised as a formal security force by Iraqi authorities.
US denies carrying out air strikes in Iraq
In a message posted on X, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces were not behind a reported strike on a military base housing Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces.
“The United States has not conducted air strikes in Iraq today,” CENTCOM said, adding that reports that US forces had carried out a strike were “not true”.
Probably done by their proxy, Israel...
Attack on Iraqi base used by Popular Mobilisation Forces ‘not the first time’
The head of the security forces in Iraq’s Babil (Babylon) province says five explosions were heard following an attack on the military base in Camp Kalsu, which is being used by the Popular Mobilisation Forces. The camp also houses an ammunition depot and a warehouse for tanks and other arms in the area.
Now, it is not confirmed yet whether the camp was hit with a drone or a missile.
This is not the first time that the Popular Mobilisation Forces was hit.
But also remember that the Popular Mobilisation Forces, including the Islamic Resistance, which includes Iran-aligned groups, have also been carrying out dozens of attacks against Israeli coalition forces and the US in the region over the past six months.
Iran FM says response to Israel will be ‘maximum’ if ‘adventurism’ continues
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Iran will respond to the “maximum” if Israel acts against his country’s interests. “As long as there is no new adventurism by Israel against our interests, then we are not going to have any new reactions,” he said.
“If Israel takes a decisive action against my country and this is proven to us, our response will be immediate and to the maximum,” Amirabdollahian said, speaking through a translator, in an interview with the US’s NBC News.
The foreign minister was speaking following reports of an Israeli drone raid on Iran early on Friday. Amirabdollahian, however, said the incident was “not a strike”. “They were more like toys that our children play with – not drones,” he said.
CNN goes full out on speculation anyway, look away from the genocide! However in Israel attention is going back to the hostages. Netanyahu's latest stunt isn't working to alleviate the pressure on him from within Israel.
Official death count crossed the 34,000
Israel’s war on Gaza in numbers
The number of Palestinians killed in Israel’s six-month war on the Gaza Strip has reached 34,012, the territory’s Health Ministry said in its latest daily update.
The ministry said 42 people were killed and 63 injured in the past 24 hours. In the last two hours, the Palestinian news agency Wafa also reported at least seven people were killed in an Israeli air raid on the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood in Rafah.
An additional 76,833 people have been wounded in the war since October 7.
The death toll is likely far higher with thousands of bodies buried in the rubble of buildings collapsed by Israeli strikes.
