The Israeli Air Force has expanded its target bank to include Iranian assets all over the Middle East, the London-based Arab newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat quoted Western diplomats as saying.
According to Monday's report, the IAF was responsible for two strikes on Iranian assets in Iraq: The first, a July 19 drone, targeted a military base near the town of Amerli in eastern Salahuddin, north of Baghdad, used by Badr Brigades and Hash Shaab, both pro-Iranian militia.
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The second alleged IAF strike reportedly took place last week and targeted Camp Ashraf, in Diyala Governorate, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Iranian border and 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Baghdad.
According to Iraqi media reports, the strike destroyed a consignment of ballistic missile launchers transferred from Iran to Iraq, as well as "a delegation of Iranian advisers."
The Israeli military has not commented on either report.
The report comes against the backdrop of the growing tensions between the West and Iran in the Persian Gulf over the Islamic republic provocations in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Israel remains vigilant with respect to the security tensions in the Gulf. On Sunday, Israel's US-backed Arrow-3 ballistic missile shield passed a series of live interception tests over Alaska.
Jointly manufactured by US firm Boeing Co, Arrow-3 is billed as capable of shooting down incoming missiles in space, an altitude that would destroy any nonconventional warheads safely. It passed its first full interception test over the Mediterranean Sea in 2015 and was deployed in Israel in 2017.
