Explosions were heard Monday night over the city of Damascus, where Israel reportedly fired missiles from the Golan Heights toward targets south of the Syrian capital.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) alledged that Syria’s air defenses confronted “Israeli missile aggression that targeted some sites [in] Damascus[‘s] southern countryside,” which the Israeli Defence Forces have not confirmed.
Syrian media further claimed that its defenses “downed most of the hostile missiles,” a declaration frequently made following Israeli strikes in the region. Although, as clarified by the Times of Israel, that assertion is overwhelmingly dismissed by “Israeli military officials and civilian defense analysts” as “empty boasts.”
The multiple airstrikes reportedly struck targets south of the city in al-Kiswah and near the Damascus international airport, regions previously targeted by Israel to disrupt Iranian military bases.
Amir Tsarfati, Founder and President of Behold Israel, reported that Monday night’s Israeli strike was on “Hezbollah And Iranian targets near Damascus.”
“Blasts are heard all around,” Tsarfati, who served as the deputy governor of Jericho, stated. “The Israeli strike was with surface to surface missiles—not by fighter jets—launched from the Golan Heights. All enemy targets were hit.”
Israel has carried out numerous strikes in the region of Damascus and elsewhere, working to prevent the transfer of weapons and an Iranian foothold in the Syrian country, which borders the Jewish State to the north.
The urgency to prevent an Iranian presence in the region has only been heightened as the Islamic Republic, which is brazenly vocal in its desire to obliterate Israel, inches closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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