JERUSALEM (AFP) – According to the military, Israel initiated attacks against Syrian sites on Wednesday, targeting anti-aircraft batteries in retaliation to a missile fired from Syria.
Following the Syrian missile launch, sirens were heard in the northern Israeli Arab city of Umm Al-Fahm, but the missile detonated in mid-air, according to a tweet from the Israel Defense Forces.
“In reaction to the anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria earlier tonight,” the military stated. “We just targeted surface-to-air missile targets in Syria, including radar and anti-aircraft batteries.”
Syrian state television said that the country’s air defences had been activated in response to Israeli firing “near Damascus.”
According to the media, Israeli aerial assaults began soon before 1:00 a.m., followed by surface-to-surface missile strikes “from the direction of the occupied Golan” around 1:10 a.m.
“Our aircraft defences engaged the enemy’s missiles and shot down several of them,” the Syrian official agency SANA said.
According to SANA, one soldier was killed and five others were injured, “along with material damage.”
Israel seldom remarks on its air assaults in Syria, but it has frequently stated that it will not allow its arch adversary Iran to expand its influence in the nation.
Syria’s foreign ministry criticised the “cowardly” Israeli strikes in a statement on Wednesday, claiming they killed and injured numerous Syrian soldiers but did not specify how many.
“The Syrian government has the right to use all lawful methods of retaliation,” according to a statement broadcast by SANA. It warned Israel and its supporters that they will be held accountable for the “dangerous implications” of the strike.
Since the outbreak of civil war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory, targeting government positions as well as allied Iran-backed forces and Hezbollah fighters.
Related posts:
In the first Test against Pakistan, Bangladesh’s top order fails.
118 people have been detained in the lynching in Sialkot, including 13 main suspects.
Priyantha’s body has been transferred to Sri Lanka following the tragedy in Sialkot.
CM Buzdar is in Murree to supervise the rescue effort.
The Punjab PDMA has issued a flood warning for the Chenab River.
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi calls Prime Minister Imran Khan and condemns the terrorist incident in Lahore.
Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will go to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games.
Today is likely to be the arrival of Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister in Islamabad.
The commander of the Kyrgyz Air Force interacts with the commander of the Pakistan Air Force.
In the previous 24 hours, Pakistan has recorded 2,597 coronavirus infections, with 27 fatalities.
There were 2,400 coronavirus infections and 33 deaths in Pakistan in only 24 hours.
According to NCOC, 1,232 coronavirus infections and 43 fatalities occurred in Pakistan in just 24 hours.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has returned from a two-day visit to Russia.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has turned into a battleground as religious holidays clash.
Regime change experiment “failed,” according to new military leadership, says Imran Khan.
Two persons were gunned down in Vehari by unidentified assailants.