The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says its fighters have launched an attack on a key Israeli target in the occupied territories in support of Palestinians, who are subjected to a genocidal war in Gaza.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says its fighters have launched an attack on a key Israeli target in the occupied territories in support of Palestinians, who are subjected to a genocidal war in Gaza.

“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted a vital target in our occupied territories on Monday morning, using appropriate weapons,” the Iraqi umbrella group of anti-terror factions announced in a statement, Press TV reported. 

The statement noted that the attack came “in support of our people in Gaza, and in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against civilian Palestinians, including children, women and the elderly.”

The attack was confirmed by the Israeli army, which said soldiers identified a “suspicious aerial target that entered Israeli territory from the east” which impacted “in the Eilat Bay [The Gulf of Aqaba] area.”

According to the report, the attack damaged a building. Sirens went off in the city but there was no interception by air defenses, it said.