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A targeted US airstrike on central Baghdad on Thursday killed Abu Taqwa, the deputy commander of Iran-linked Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militia, along with an associate. No civilian casualties were reported.
The Iraqi government, angered by the strike in a central area, claimed that agreements between Baghdad and Washington had been violated.
The Pentagon called it a necessary action against a planner of attacks on American personnel.
The strike, amid heightened regional tensions from the Israel-Hamas conflict, aggravates Iraq’s push for US-led coalition forces to exit the country.