Israel’s violation of Iraqi airspace reveals US double standards
Ibrahim Fraihat, an associate professor of international conflict resolution at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, says Iraq was “obviously” not contacted by Israel when it allegedly violated its airspace to attack Iran, nor has it received support from the US.
“Whereas, when Iran attacked Israel, we saw the American forces in the region intercepting and fighting against the Iranian attack on Israel,” Fraihat told Al Jazeera.
“Iraq should be considered an ally of the US … but there is an obvious double standard there. It is doing nothing and implicitly supports and approves Israel’s actions even when it violates Iraq’s sovereignty,” he added.
Iran says it will use all available tools to respond to Israel’s attack
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has made the statement about the Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday.
Israel targeted Iran’s military facilities in an attack it said was retaliation for Tehran’s October 1 missile attack on its soil.
Iranian media say Israeli strikes also killed civilian
Iranian media have reported a civilian was also killed during the Israeli strikes over the weekend, which Israel said targeted military sites. Iranian authorities had not reported civilian deaths earlier.
“The martyr Allahverdi Rahimpour, a civilian who was killed near Tehran during the recent attack by the Zionist regime, has been buried,” the Fars News Agency reported. The Tasnim News Agency also reported the death.
Iran had earlier confirmed four of its soldiers were killed in the Israeli attacks.
