The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions, announced on September 22 that it had attacked four targets in northern and southern Israel, including a base of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the Jordan Valley, with cruise missiles and suicide drones.
The attack were carried out “in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity [Israel] against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly” in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, the group said in separate statements, vowing that “operations against enemy strongholds will continue at an increasing pace.”
Video footage released by the group showed the launch of what appears to be an Iranian-made Shahed-101 suicide drone, at the Jordan Valley. Aside from having a range of several hundred kilometers, not much is known about the relatively small drone.
The group also said that some of the other targets were struck with Arqab cruise missiles. Arqab is said to be a derivative of the Iranian-made Paveh. The missile has a range of at least 1,650 kilometers.
From its side, the IDF announced that two cruise missiles launched from Iraq were shot down as they headed toward the southern part of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Both targets were intercepted outside of Israeli airspace.
A drone from Iraq was also intercepted as it headed toward southern Israel, setting off sirens in the settlements of Be’er Ora, close to the Red Sea port of Eilat, according to the IDF, which also said that the target was also shot down before managing to enter Israeli airspace.
The IDF also said that another drone that entered Israeli airspace from the eastern direction was shot down by air defenses over the southern part of Golan
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