 on how it will work and lingering concerns about whether aid groups will have enough viable land crossings to get assistance into the territory besieged by war between Israel and Hamas. A base housing U.S. troops and members of the U.S.-led coalition in western Iraq was subjected to an attack with two explosive drones earlier this week that caused some damage but no casualties. Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said on Thursday U.S. forces shot down one drone, but the other hit the base in western Iraq.