Israel introduced Sunday that it carried out a particular floor operation in Syria “in latest months,” in keeping with a press release from the Israel Protection Forces.
The IDF additionally say they detained an “Iranian terror community operative” through the mission, who they recognized as Ali Soleiman al-Assi. They accuse the person of gathering intelligence on IDF troops alongside the border, and transferred him to Israel for interrogation.
The IDF stated al-Assi’s arrest “prevented a future assault and led to the publicity of the operational strategies of Iranian terror networks positioned close to the Golan Heights.”
“The IDF will proceed to function to defend the sovereignty of the State of Israel and won’t enable Iranian proxies in southern Syria to function and threaten Israeli civilians,” the IDF stated.
Israel has carried out lots of of strikes on targets inside government-controlled components of war-torn Syria in recent times, but it surely not often acknowledges or discusses the operations. The strikes usually goal Syrian forces or Iranian-backed teams.
Final month, the Israeli army launched aerial strikes on western Syria, the Syrian protection ministry stated. The ministry added that the strikes hit a army web site in Hama and a automobile meeting plant in Hassia.
Syrian state tv additionally reported that the strikes hit automobiles loaded with medical and aid provides and ignited a big fireplace within the space.
In September, Israeli strikes hit a number of areas in central Syria, damaging a freeway in Hama province and sparking fires, Syrian state information company SANA stated on the time. Fourteen individuals had been killed and greater than 40 had been wounded within the assault.
Israel has vowed to cease Iranian entrenchment in Syria, notably since Syria is a key route for Iran to ship weapons to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has been clashing with Israeli forces for the previous 11 months towards the backdrop of Israel’s struggle towards Hamas — an ally of Hezbollah — in Gaza.
This text was initially revealed on NBCNews.com
