Some
28 Israeli aircraft fired around 60 air-to-surface rockets in a
massive overnight strike in Syria, according to the Russian Defense
Ministry. Syrian air-defense systems managed to intercept more than
half of the missiles.
A
total of 70 projectiles, including 60 air-to-surface rockets and more
than 10 surface-to-surface missiles, hit Iranian military targets and
Syrian air-defense systems near Damascus and in the south of the
country on Thursday morning, the Russian military said in a
statement.
“28
Israeli F-15 and F-16 planes were involved in the attack,” the
ministry said. “Syrian air-defense systems shot down more than
half of the rockets as they repelled the Israeli attack.”
Israeli
forces bombed the Syrian territory for two hours between 1:45am and
3:45am local time on Thursday. The attack was carried out under the
pretext of allegations that Iranian forces had earlier hit Israeli
targets in the Golan Heights.
The
damage inflicted on Iranian military and Syrian civilian
infrastructure by the airstrikes is being evaluated.
Earlier,
the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that all its aircraft had
safely returned after one of its most extensive attacks in years.
Tel-Aviv claims that it was carried out in retaliation to 20 rockets
launched at Israeli targets in the Golan Heights by the Iranian
Revolutionary Guard Corp’s Quds Force.
“Four
of them were intercepted by the Iron Dome and the rest landed on
Syrian territory,” the IDF said, according to Ynet, adding that
the incident had resulted in no damage or casualties.
The
allegations were denied by a member of the Iranian parliament's
commission, Abolfazl Hassan Beigi, who accused Israel of “lying,”
as Iran has “no military presence” or bases in Syria,
Sputnik reports.
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