Response to rocket fire
Israel attacks Syrian army positions
October 25, 2023, 8:51 a.m
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Israel’s army responds to shelling from Syria with counterattacks. The army says military positions in the country were attacked. On Sunday, Israel is said to have carried out airstrikes on Syria’s two most important airports, Damascus and Aleppo.
Israel says it has attacked “military infrastructure” in Syria. “In response to the rocket fire on Israel yesterday, Tuesday,” Israeli fighter jets attacked military infrastructure of the Syrian army, including mortars, the Israel Defense Forces said. A military spokesman confirmed to the AFP news agency that the attacks took place inside Syria.
Eight soldiers were killed in the attack, and another seven army members were wounded in the “Israeli aggression” near the border, the Syrian state news agency Sana reported.
Since the major attack on Israel by the radical Islamic Hamas on October 7th, fears of an expansion of the war in the region have been growing. In particular, there are fears that Israel’s existing conflicts with Syria and with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, which is allied to the Syrian government, could be further fueled.
On Sunday, Israel carried out airstrikes on Syria’s two most important airports, Damascus and Aleppo, disabling them, Syrian media reported. During the civil war in Syria, which has been going on for more than ten years, Israel has already carried out hundreds of air strikes on its northern neighbor, primarily targeting Iranian-backed forces, Hezbollah and positions of the Syrian army.
Israel rarely comments on the attacks on Syria but has repeatedly said it will not allow its arch-enemy Iran, which supports the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to expand its presence in Syria.