A Merkava IV tank. FILE PHOTO: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
On September 21 afternoon, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that its tanks had shelled two temporary structures that were being used by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).
These structures violated the 1974 Disengagement Agreement between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights, the IDF said in a statement.
“The IDF holds the Syrian regime responsible for all activities emanating from its territory and will not allow any attempts to violate Israeli sovereignty,” the statement reads.
Syria’s Al-Watan newspaper confirmed that IDF tanks opened fire at an area located right to the west of the town of Hadar in the countryside of al-Qunitra governorate. The shelling resulted in material losses only, according to the pro-government newspaper.
The shelling came just a few hours after two men were killed in a drone strike that media outlets affiliated with the Syrian opposition alleged it was carried out by Israel. The strike took place near the town of Beit Jinn in the countryside of Damascus. Syrian opposition activists alleged that the two casualties were members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), but the group denied this.
Two waves of Israeli strikes hit Syria last week, specifically on September 13. The first wave targeted air defense bases in the western coastal governorate of Tartus, killing two service members and wounding several others. The second wave hit a military research center in the west-central governorate of Hama. Only material losses were reported there.
Hundreds of Israeli strikes targeted Syria over the past decade as a part of a covert military campaign known as “the war between the wars”. The IDF rarely acknowledges responsibility for the strikes.
Israel has been especially concerned with the presence of key allies of the SAA, including Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the PIJ, near the al-Golan Heights Front.
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tit for tat, hit that jewkava tank with a metis atgm or kornet.
syria lebanon armenia ,these countries need to develop a a position of strenght. their weakness is why predatory states get away with their crimes against them. if iraq had wmd the usa would never have invaded. they dont dare to start a direct war with iran because they know iran has the capabilities to strike israel back. that is why the kikes want to use azerbaijan to do the fighting for them. israel will fight wars till the last american and azerbaijani.
if the countries who are now victim of the predatory states would do more defence coorperation togheter with russia and china and properly developed the means to also manufactre chips and electronics so that they are more on pair with the us and israel in capabilities israel will cease srtiking and they will start targeting scientists etc. israel is a cancer and the reason why countries like syria and armenia cannot be as prosperious as they would otherwise have been