IDF strikes multiple targets in Syria

IDF confirms strikes on a military site, anti-aircraft cannons, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria. Syrian media report that Israeli fighter jets struck multiple areas in the country, including an air defense base used by the former regime. The IDF on Friday night struck a military site, anti-aircraft cannons, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed. “The IDF will continue to operate as necessary to defend Israeli civilians,” it added. Earlier, Syrian media reported that Israeli fighter jets struck in the vicinity of the village of Shathah in the Hama province, in northwestern Syria.

The Saudi channel Al-Hadath claimed that the target of the strike was an air defense base used by the former regime of Bashar Al-Assad. There were also reports that an air defense base in the suburbs of Latakia in western Syria was struck, along with strikes in the northern suburbs of Damascus and the northern suburb of Daraa in southern Syria.

On Thursday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel had conducted a strike near the presidential palace in Damascus. “This is a clear message to the Syrian regime. We will not allow the deployment of forces south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community,” they said.  (Read More)