hostile act

Otherwise, “we could have reviewed it under the hostile act trigger. The penalty would have been a technical foul.”

“We weren’t aware it had come from the bench. If we would have been aware it came from the bench, we could have reviewed it under the hostile act trigger. The penalty would have been a technical foul,” Davis told a pool reporter.

Had they known, “we could have reviewed it under the hostile act trigger. The penalty would have been a technical foul,” he said.

However, it added that that the retaliatory strikes by the U.S. on “Iraqi military sites” - referring to the militia - “constitute a clear hostile act.”

The US strikes were condemned by Iraq as a "clear hostile act".