BAGHDAD -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella body for Iraqi Shiite militias, confirmed on Saturday the death of a senior security leader in an Israeli strike on a border area with Iran.

Haider al-Moussawi, head of the security unit of the militias Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, was killed in the attack, the pro-Iran Islamic Resistance in Iraq said in a statement.

Abu Ali al-Khalil, an aide to the killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and his son were also killed in the attack, the statement added.

The deaths were caused by an Israeli attack on the border area between Iraq and Iran, the statement said without giving more details.