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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on January 31 fighter jets from the Israeli Air Forces carried out strikes against Syrian military positions in the southern Syrian governorate of Daraa overnight in response to a rocket attack that targeted the occupied Golan Heights.
No injuries were reported by the IDF or Hebrew media after three rockets fired from Syria hit open areas in the southern Golan Heights late on January 30.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Israeli retaliatory airstrikes targeted a military position in Tell al-Jumou’ and another near the town of Nafa`ah. The London-based monitoring group didn’t report any material losses or casualties.
The rockets that targeted the Golan Heights were most likely launched by Palestinian fighters from the Hamas Movement or the Islamic Jihad as a protest to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Israel has significantly escalated its attacks on Syria since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, hitting Syrian military positions and targeting members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Hamas.
Rocket attacks from southern Syria against the Golan Heights also became a regular occurrence. In addition, the occupied region was targeted by suicide drones launched by Iranian-baccked armed factions from Iraq more than once.
In an attempt to de-escalate tensions between Syria and Israel, the Russian military established a series of observation posts in the governorate of al-Quneitra along the Golan front. Fighter jets from the Russian Aerospace Forces also began conducting patrols there.
“the occupied region was targeted by suicide drones launched by iranian-baccked armed factions from iraq more than once.”
why israel do not attempt to attacks iraq army for the same reason ??
iraq army is not fighting israel proxies (isis/kurdish terrorists). iraq has f-16 and much better military than syria and iraqi pmus have fire power of hezbollah (if we include all pmus).
also, 2 things to remember, 1. israel use kurdish terrorists against iraq and iran (proxy) – if israel attack iraq and pums, they will end kurdish right away (they want to do that for long time). 2. israel push yanquis to attack pmus in iraq.
but the main reason is, israel jets can be shot down if they come close to syria-iraq air defence systems. israel use civilian airplanes to hide behind and launch attack from southern lebanon or golan heights most of the times.
israel does not bomb iraq because there is no russian presence to protect them whereas in syria yes, that is where the difference lies
sooner idf airbases get pummelled the better!
notice how israel never gives any proof that these supposed attacks from syria actually happened, instead we have to rely on their word (which means nothing).
i’m afraid israel’s time is up! what is happening at the moment, until recently, in this form, it was impossible to say beforehand.
it makes me very sad, because it would have been more possible, the idiots, on both sides, prevailed and destroyed everything that their fathers either lived for or died for.
all for free