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US warplanes bombed a Hezbollah operations centre and a command and control hub near Al Anbar and Jurf al Saqr, south of Baghdad, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Washington said it was in retaliation for an attack on Al-Asad Air Base, western Iraq, that used short-range ballistic missiles for the first time. Officials could not confirm whether anyone was killed, but Hezbollah said eight militia members died.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Son of senior Hezbollah lawmaker killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon border<\/strong><\/p>\n Kataib Hezbollah said it was considering \u201cexpanding the scope of targets\u201d if the US military continued its strikes. It added Tuesday\u2019s attack \u201cwill not go unpunished\u201d.<\/p>\n The US jet raids followed initial retaliatory attacks from an AC-130 gunship. The plane was airborne when the militants fired two short-range ballistic rockets at the air base on Monday night. Officials said the crew fired on several fighters who had fled in a vehicle, killing some of them.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> The tit-for-tat strikes have escalated since militant group Islamic Resistance in Iraq and Syria began attacking US centres on October 17 \u2013 the day a blast killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital.<\/p>\n At least 66 rockets have been unleashed, wounding around 62 US service members.<\/p>\n
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