After killing ten people in a flurry of attacks early Sunday, Israeli warplanes continued with a second round of strikes into the evening, killing at least five more, and bringing the death toll to 15.
Overall, four Syrian soldiers have been confirmed killed in the attacks,
while seven others from the early attacks were described as foreign
fighters. Four of the five killed in the later strikes have yet to be
identified.
The attacks broadly targeted military facilities, as well as sites for
Syrian air defense. The evening strikes reportedly destroyed a warehouse
that was believed to be storing rockets. Israel has not commented on
these later attacks.
The early attacks, however, followed Saturday rocket fire from southern
Syria crossing the border. Of two rockets fired, one entered
Israeli-occupied territory, but did no damage. Israel reports suggested
that a military outpost might well have been the intended target, and
responded with the attack.
Are the S-300 SAM systems still in their bubble-wrap? Turn them on and light them up,
Under what used-to-be international law, Syria could bring this matter before the UNSC. Perhaps they will, but then “you know what” will happen. They could retaliate in kind, but they won’t. We know why they won’t.
Poor, frightened Syria cannot respond. It is Israel’s punching bag.
There is an election going on in Israel.
Israel is looking for Syria or Hezbollah to respond in kind. They won’t. That would be the trigger for an immediate Israeli invasion of Lebanon which would drag everyone in the region into conflict, including US. Syria isn’t going to be lured into fighting back… yet.
Satanyahu and his little buddy Jared are primed to bring “peace” to Palestine in a few weeks of the kind that Tacitus wrote about, “They make a desolation and call it peace.” Trump, of course, will be out on the links when it all comes down and be briefed by Fox and Friends about it later.
That would be the trigger for an immediate Israeli invasion of Lebanon which would….
result in an even worse defeat than in 2006
israel could not do anything to degrade Hezbollah alone, if syrian and iran get in they could rain missiles on Israel indefinitely.
sure it would make all the propaganda needed to get us/ and european powers involved, but by that time most israelies will be germans english or americans living in safety and cursing that god forsaken land.
you can go on killing forever for a thing, but its not really yours until you are ready to die for it, and israelies have only become less willing to die for israel with every passing year.
Hoping someone is ‘in charge’ of the Syrian Military and everyone isn’t sitting around waiting for Allah and his 72 virgins….