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SvennoJ on 02 May 2024
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The regional war adds another actor



Iraqi fighter groups claim missile attack on Tel Aviv

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-aligned militias, has said it launched multiple cruise missiles at Israel on Thursday, the Reuters news agency reports. A source from the group told Reuters that Arqab-type cruise missiles were fired at the city of Tel Aviv for the first time. Israel has yet to comment on the attack.

The Iraqi armed groups have claimed multiple attacks on US forces stationed in Iraq and Syria, as well as targets in Israel, since October.

Israel and Hezbollah claim attacks on military infrastructure

The Israeli military released aerial footage it says shows Hezbollah operatives entering buildings in Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon. The building is then seen being struck by Israeli fighter jets.

The Israeli army also said during the day, four rocket launches were detected coming from Lebanese territory, which inflicted no casualties. It said it “attacked the source of the launches”.

Hezbollah, which claimed two attacks earlier, said in its end-of-day report it also launched a third strike shortly before midnight, targeting an Israeli military barracks with missiles and achieving a direct hit.

The Lebanese group also released a video from an attack on Sunday, showing one of its fighters launching an antitank guided missile that struck what it said was a military building used by Israeli soldiers in the Shtula settlement.

 

Syria says eight soldiers wounded after Israeli air strike

The Syrian Ministry of Defence says in a short statement that eight soldiers were wounded after the Israeli military launched an air strike from the occupied Golan Heights.

The attack hit an area in the vicinity of the capital Damascus, and there were also some “material losses”, it said, according to state-run SANA broadcaster.

Earlier, the Reuters news agency had cited an unnamed security source as saying that the Israeli strike had hit a building operated by Syrian security forces on the outskirts of Damascus.

Houthi leader says over 600 missiles launched since October 7

Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthis in Yemen, says the group has launched 606 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones in its attacks since October 7, which the group says are carried out in opposition to the deadly war on Gaza.

He said in a speech that 111 of the projectiles were directly launched at Israel, with the rest targeting warships belonging to Israel’s allies in the region, along with other vessels traversing the waters near Yemen.

Al-Houthi claimed that the group has so far targeted 107 ships linked with Israel and the US, and that it launched 33 missiles and drones in eight attacks in the past week in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and Israel.

“There is considerable annoyance and concern among the enemies due to operations extending to the Indian Ocean,” he said.

US military says it destroyed three Houthi uncrewed aerial systems in Yemen

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has said that it “engaged and destroyed” three uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

“It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to US, coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region,” CENTCOM wrote in a post on X.