FILE PHOTO: Israeli F-15 fighter jet © Reuters
In the early morning hours of November 24, a new wave of Israeli airstrikes hit several targets in the central region of Syria.
An unnamed military official told the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) that the airstrikes were launched from Lebanon’s airspace.
“At around 01:26 of today’s morning, the Israeli enemies carried out an aerial aggression with salvos of missiles from the direction of northeastern Beirut, targeting some positions in the central region,” the official said.
According to the official, most of the Israeli missiles were successfully intercepted by Syrian air defenses. One of the anti-aircraft missiles fired by a Syrian S-200 long-range air-defense system fell off the shores of the northern Israeli city of Haifa.
The Syrian state TV released footage showing the aftermath of the Israeli airstrikes without disclosing the locations of the targeted positions.
Initially, the SANA reported that two civilians were killed in the airstrike, while two others and six Syrian soldiers were wounded. Later however, official Syrian sources confirmed that at least three soldiers were also killed.
This was the fourth Israeli attack on Syria in November. The most recent attack took place on November 17, exactly a week ago. The attack targeted an empty building in the southern outskirts of the capital, Damascus.
These attacks were a part of Israel’s “War-Between-Wars” military campaign, which is meant to push Iran and its allies out of Syria as well as to prevent them from developing their offensive capabilities. None of these objectives have been achieved as of yet.
