2024 United States airstrikes on Kata'ib Hezbollah

On 24 January 2024, the United States launched an attack on Kata'ib Hezbollah in Iraq. The airstrike destroyed a Kata'ib Hezbollah headquarters building and other Kata'ib Hezbollah facilities.

Background
According to the United States, the airstrikes were done in retaliation for attacks against the United States. These attacks included the al-Asad Airbase attack four days earlier. The United States reported that Kata'ib Hezbollah was responsible for the attack. The airstrikes and airbase attack are part of a regional escalation of the Israel–Hamas war and the United States–Iran proxy war. Kata'ib Hezbollah is controlled by the Quds Force, which is a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces.

Attack
At approximately 12:15 a.m. Iraq time, the United States launched the airstrikes. The airstrikes destroyed three Kata'ib Hezbollah facilities. These included a headquarters building, a training facility, and storage facility. The U.S. airstrikes destroyed Kata'ib Hezbollah rockets, missiles, and one-way attack drones. The United States conducted these airstrikes without consulting any allies. Seven members of Kata'ib Hezbollah were killed in the airstrikes.

 Related pages 
 List of military operations during 2024
 Red Sea Crisis
 Operation Poseidon Archer

References

Category:Battles involving the United States
Category:January 2024 events
Category:2024 in Iran