Reports out of southern Syria, as well as the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, are reporting a series of Israeli airstrikes against Shi’ite militias inside Syria, nominally “pro-Iranian” targets. Explosions were reported in and around the Damascus airport.
The attacks were reported after Israel reported a single incident of Syrian fire landing in the Israeli-occupied Golan. Syria initially reported that they had shot down a hostile force, though Israel says nothing was hit by the Syrian fire.
Hitting nothing was still enough for Israel to spend a solid hour striking targets around south Syria and metro Damascus. Syrian state media reported they’d fired on several enemy projectiles, and that Israeli airstrikes had “failed to achieve any of its objectives.”
The Israeli Army says they recovered the wreckage of what is believed to be a Syrian surface-to-air missile in Golan, and are searching the area further. There is no indication that finding anything, or those missiles doing anything, would have any impact on continued Israeli strikes.
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Israel needs to be bombed too.
Not likely. It is however the only language right wing Israelis will understand.
bloodthirsty-aren’t you?
No more than you and your support of the US murdering millions of people all over the world; but, hypocrites are OK with murders committed by the USA.
Creation of a straw man-typical leftist trick. I most certainly do not support such murders-it is you who support the deaths of people, not me
I’ve been an anti-war protestor since Vietnam and I’ve opposed every war and I support “Boys Who Said No” and the documentary they’re making. (right click) … https://www.boyswhosaidno.com/ Your support of Israel make you the bloodthirsty one.
Self defense is an inherent human right. Iran, a nation of 80 million people, is moving its forces into position for war against a nation 1/13 its size, with whom it shares no borders. It is YOU who called for people to be bombed, not me.
For the most part, Israel seems to be a willing straight guy for the Iranian regime’s regional ambitions. They’ve been trying to be the big player in Syria and Lebanon for decades. Helping forces in those areas oppose Israel is a good way to increase their own influence. Maybe if the Israelis didn’t insist on keeping several million Arabs in an open air prison, trying to game seizures of water, oil and natural gas finds in other people’s territory as “self-defense,” etc., they wouldn’t be so unpopular and the Iranians wouldn’t be so welcome.
I repeatedly checked maps for the location of the gas fields and simply do not see any incursions. I do not support the continuing land grabs on the West Bank, and water grabbing. To a certain extent, keeping an “open air prison” as you describe it, controls terrorism and is necessary to maintain a refuge for the people of Israel in a hostile sea of enemies. I think you ignore the long term hatred of the religious leaders of Iran vs Jews in general, and Israel in particular. Ask the Bahhai, or those of them who are still left alive,how they have been treated. The Iranians invented chess, and destruction of Israel is their long term plan, which they are patiently pursuing, building up their forces, assuming positions, probing, weakening, and preparing for a war of attrition, if not a coup de grace.
The news I heard was that the missiles were shot down. Has Israel admitted this yet?