PMF says US-Israeli strikes hit medical unit in Babil

BAGHDAD — Four airstrikes hit a Popular Mobilization Forces medical unit in Jurf al-Nasr district, Babil governorate, Sunday evening, wounding one member and causing material damage, the PMF said.

The PMF said the strikes targeted the medical unit of its Al-Jazeera Operations Command and attributed the attack to the United States and Israel. Neither country has publicly claimed responsibility for strikes on PMF positions in Iraq.

The strike on a medical unit adds to a pattern the PMF has highlighted in recent days — that sites it describes as administrative, logistical and now medical are being targeted alongside combat positions. Earlier this week, the PMF said U.S. airstrikes hit its operational headquarters in Anbar and Mosul, describing them as “official and administrative sites known and registered within the structure of the Iraqi state and with the knowledge and coordination of joint operations.”

Airstrikes on PMF positions have continued since the regional war began Feb. 28, hitting sites across at least seven governorates and killing dozens of fighters. Iraq has filed a legal complaint over the strikes and Prime Minister Sudani has repeatedly condemned them, while insisting that decisions of war and peace rest solely with the state.