Syrian state media reported on Thursday that Israeli ground forces raided a site that had been attacked by air on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to Arab media reports, troops remained there for more than two hours during the overnight operation. The Israeli Air Force carried out around 15 strikes in southern Damascus, targeting Syrian army headquarters to prepare for troop landings by helicopter in Sweida and Al-Kiswah, Israel Hayom reported.
Israeli drones reportedly targeted an army unit near Al-Kiswah, eight miles south of Damascus, on Tuesday. Six soldiers were killed in the attack, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. Syria’s Foreign Ministry later raised the death toll to eight, condemning the Israeli actions. The site was bombed again on Wednesday, according to state television.
A government source told SANA that soldiers had found “surveillance and eavesdropping devices” in the area before it was hit by Israeli strikes on Tuesday. Israel Hayom reported that “the raid was likely meant to counter the Syrian army’s activity of trying to dismantle the installed Israeli listening devices,” adding that the strikes prevented Syrian forces from reaching the site. (Ed note: These efforts in Syria by the IDF are going somewhere, we will find out why.) (Read More)
