Iraq denies talk of Iranian attack on Israel from its soil

(Reuters) – The Iraqi government’s Council for National Security said on Wednesday that reports about Iraqi territory being used by Iran for attacks on Israel are “false pretexts” aimed at justifying aggression against it, the military said.

Iraqi military spokesperson Yahya Rasool’s comments came in response to an Oct. 31 Axios report citing Israeli intelligence about a potential Iranian attack from Iraqi territory.

(Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed, Writing by Yomna Ehab,; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)