Al-Jazeera sources reported that six members of the Popular Mobilization Forces, including a leader, were killed in an air strike on the headquarters of the crowd in Al-Qaim city near the Iraqi-Syrian border.
The same sources pointed out that the aerial bombardment was carried out by three Israeli aircraft, two of them march and another fighter, and targeted two vehicles and a warehouse of equipment.
The Anbar Operations Command in the Popular Mobilization Brigade said two Hashd fighters in the 45th Brigade were killed and another wounded as a result of the shelling.
Abu Walaa al-Wala'i, secretary-general of the Sayyed al-Shuhada Brigades, one of the Popular Mobilization factions in Iraq, said 13 Hashd camps had been bombed in just one year.
Al-Wala'i said in a statement to al-Jazeera that the drones had been hovering around the camp for more than a month before the explosion, and that he informed the national security and the Popular Mobilization Authority.
He added that the bombing of the camp "Saqr" was targeting equipment belonging to the crowd by an air strike carried out by drones, according to the Commission of Inquiry and evidence.
He revealed that the missiles in the camp did not exceed a range of 20 kilometers, and was used in the war against ISIS, stressing that Israel is trying to hit the infrastructure of the Popular Mobilization, which it considers the arm of Iran in Iraq.
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The Popular Mobilization has published through its account on the "Telegram" pictures showing the burning vehicles and has been heavily damaged.
The 45th Brigade and several other brigades belong to the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, which the United States lists as "foreign terrorist organizations."
The strike comes after weeks of ambiguity surrounding explosions in missile stores belonging to the Popular Mobilization in Iraq, and the latter blamed the United States for its responsibility, alluding to Israel's involvement.
Four bases used by the Popular Mobilization have been hit by mysterious explosions in recent weeks, the latest of which was Tuesday at a headquarters near Balad Air Base, where a US force is stationed north of Baghdad.
There were reports of Israeli involvement in these operations, without any direct accusation being made in this regard and without any claim of responsibility.
Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a decision a few days ago to "cancel all approvals for aviation in Iraqi airspace, whether from reconnaissance, armed reconnaissance, fighter planes, helicopters, and drones of all kinds, to all Iraqi and non-Iraqi parties."