According to Syrian state media, Israel has attacked the airports in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo. Syrian state television reported Thursday that “Israeli aggression” was aimed at the country’s two main airports. The attacks take place against the backdrop of the war between Israel and the radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas.
After the large-scale terrorist attack on Israel by militant Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, rockets were also fired at Israeli positions from neighboring Syria on Tuesday. The Israeli military said on Tuesday evening that several rockets had crashed in open areas. The Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah said earlier it had fired a guided missile at an Israeli tank.
Response to attacks from Syria
According to its own statements, the Israeli army immediately responded to the attacks on Syria on Tuesday with artillery and mortar shells. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attacks came from Palestinian groups in Syria that also work with Hezbollah in Lebanon. They fired grenades into the Israeli-occupied part of the Golan Heights.
In response, Israel attacked Syrian government military positions and vehicles. Other activists from Syria also said Israel had targeted Syrian army positions. There was initially no confirmation of this from Israel.
Iran’s interference must be prevented
To prevent Israel’s arch-enemy Iran and its allied militias such as Hezbollah from expanding their military influence in Syria, the Israeli air force has in the past bombed targets in neighboring civil war-torn Syria. Iran is one of the Syrian government’s main allies in the civil war. Rockets also occasionally fly from Syria towards Israel.
Source: Krone
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