Israeli air defenses shot down a projectile fired at the southern Golan Heights “from the east,” the Israel Defense Forces said Thursday.

The army has described past attacks from Iraq as “from the east.”

The projectile had originally been thought to be a drone and triggered sirens.

No injuries or damage were caused in the attack.

There was no claim of responsibility from Iran-backed militias in Iraq. The groups have claimed a number of drone attacks on the southern city of Eilat in the last several months.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq — a loose formation of armed groups affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces, itself a coalition of former paramilitary forces integrated into Iraq’s regular armed forces — has claimed dozens of drone attacks on Israel amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Many of the militia’s claims have been exaggerated, but in one case it managed to hit an Israeli Navy base in Eilat, causing damage. The Iran-backed group said it had struck a “vital target” in Israel “with appropriate weapons,” without elaborating further.

Along with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Iran-backed groups in Yemen and Syria have claimed to have launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel during the ongoing war sparked by Hamas’s devastating October 7 terror onslaught.

Additionally, Lebanon’s Hezbollah has attacked communities and IDF positions in northern Israel on a near-daily basis in attacks it says are in support of Gazans amid Israel’s war against Hamas.

Iran also carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel last month with hundreds of drones and missiles.