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Al-Qassam Brigades Seize Israeli Drone

A Palestinian fighter from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, gestures inside an underground tunnel in Gaza in this August 18, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/Files
A Palestinian fighter from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, gestures inside an underground tunnel in Gaza in this August 18, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/Files
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Al-Qassam Brigades Seize Israeli Drone

A Palestinian fighter from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, gestures inside an underground tunnel in Gaza in this August 18, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/Files
A Palestinian fighter from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, gestures inside an underground tunnel in Gaza in this August 18, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/Files

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed Tuesday that they shot down an Israeli drone on a special mission east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

“It was on a special mission inside Gaza, holding thermographic and daylight cameras to carry out its mission but we identified its targets and foiled its mission,” the Brigades revealed in a statement.

No further details were provided on the drone or its mission.

This followed a statement by the Israeli army that a drone fell in Gaza Tuesday morning.

Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said: “Last night, a small drone crashed in the southern Gaza Strip.”

“The incident is being investigated," Adraee added.

Earlier, Palestinian media reported that Hamas seized a Quadcopter drone after the movement’s members along the border with Israel fired at it.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah announced Monday downing an Israeli drone as it crossed the border towards the southern village of Ramyeh. The Israeli army later confirmed it.

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Iraqi PM Slams Israel’s Complaint over Attacks by Iraqi Iran-Backed Militias

13 January 2023, Berlin: Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, prime minister of Iraq, makes remarks at a press conference after his talks with Chancellor Scholz at the Federal Chancellery. (dpa)
13 January 2023, Berlin: Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, prime minister of Iraq, makes remarks at a press conference after his talks with Chancellor Scholz at the Federal Chancellery. (dpa)
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Iraqi PM Slams Israel’s Complaint over Attacks by Iraqi Iran-Backed Militias

13 January 2023, Berlin: Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, prime minister of Iraq, makes remarks at a press conference after his talks with Chancellor Scholz at the Federal Chancellery. (dpa)
13 January 2023, Berlin: Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, prime minister of Iraq, makes remarks at a press conference after his talks with Chancellor Scholz at the Federal Chancellery. (dpa)

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has dismissed an Israeli complaint to the UN Security Council about strikes by Iraq's Iran-backed Shiite militias on Israel as a "pretext and argument to attack Iraq" and to "expand the war in the region."

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar had earlier posted on X a letter to the Security Council saying that "Israel has the inherent right to self-defense ... and to take all necessary measures to protect itself and its citizens against the ongoing acts of hostilities by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq."

An umbrella group of Iraqi militias known as the "Islamic Resistance in Iraq" has regularly launched drone strikes on targets in Israel in recent months in support of its Hamas and Hezbollah allies in the ongoing wars in the Middle East.

Saar said some of the militias are part of the pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Forces — a coalition of mostly Shiite armed groups that's technically part of the Iraqi army although it operates in practice largely outside state control — and urged the Iraqi government to "take immediate action to halt and prevent these attacks."

Al-Sudani’s office said in a statement on Tuesday that Iraq has refused to enter into the regional conflict while "seeking to provide relief to the Palestinian and Lebanese people."