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Israel Carries Out ‘Wide-scale’ Strikes on Iranian Targets

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Jerusalem — The Israeli military said it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday, carrying out a “wide-scale” strike in response to rocket fire on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights the day before. A Britain-based war monitoring group said the Israeli airstrikes killed 11 people, including seven non-Syrians who were most likely Iranians. Syrian state media only reported that two civilians were killed.

The Israeli military said its fighter jets hit multiple targets belonging to Iran’s elite Quds force, including surface-to-air missiles, weapons warehouses and military bases. After the Syrian military fired an air defense missile, the Israeli military said a number of Syrian aerial defense batteries were also destroyed.

The death toll of 11 was reported by Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition activist group with a network of activists across Syria.

The Observatory said the airstrikes targeted arms depots belonging to the Quds Force in the Damascus suburbs of Kisweh and Qudsaya. Abdurrahman added that several other areas were targeted in Wednesday’s strikes, including the Mazzeh airbase in western Damascus where air defense units are stationed.

An increasingly open war

The strikes further brought into the open what’s been a long shadow war between Israel and its archenemy Iran. The two foes have increasingly clashed over what Israel says is Iran’s deeper presence along its borders.

“Yesterday’s Iranian attack towards Israel is further clear proof of the purpose of the Iranian entrenchment in Syria, which threatens Israeli security, regional stability and the Syrian regime,” the military said in a statement, adding that it would “continue operating firmly and resolutely” against Iran in Syria.

Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a military spokesman, said the significance of the operation was the “multitude of targets” hit.

Several important targets were struck, he said, including what he described as the Iranian headquarters at Damascus airport where senior Iranian officials are based and which is used to coordinate shipments from Iran to its allies in Syria and beyond. He added that Israel also holds Syria responsible for hosting the Iranians.

Tuesday’s rocket fire on the Golan was the sixth attempt by Iran to attack Israeli targets since February 2018, and all have been thwarted, Conricus said.

“The rules have changed”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a series of warnings recently about Iranian aggression throughout the Middle East and has vowed to respond firmly.

“I made it clear: whoever harms us, we will harm them. That’s what we did tonight,” he said early Wednesday. “We will continue to aggressively protect Israel’s security.”

Israel’s new hard-line defense minister, Naftali Bennett, issued an equally firm statement.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) looks at his new Defense Minister Naftali Bennett (2nd-R, front) at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on November 17, 2019. Pool/Getty

“The rules have changed: whoever fires on Israel during the day will not sleep at night,” he said. “Our message to the leaders of Iran is simple: you are no longer immune. Any place you dispatch your tentacles, we will chop them off.”

The rare rocket fire came a week after an Israeli airstrike against a top Palestinian militant based in Syria. Akram al-Ajouri, a member of the leadership of the militant Islamic Jihad group who is living in exile, survived the attack but his son and granddaughter were killed.

Israel frequently strikes Iranian interests in Syria. But last week’s airstrike appeared to be a rare assassination attempt of a Palestinian militant in the Syrian capital. It came the same day as another Israeli airstrike killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, settling off the fiercest round of fighting there in years.

Iran has forces based in Syria, Israel’s northern neighbor, and supports Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. In Gaza, it supplies Islamic Jihad with cash, weapons and expertise.

CBS



112 Comments on "Israel Carries Out ‘Wide-scale’ Strikes on Iranian Targets"

  1. I AM THE MOB on Sat, 23rd Nov 2019 12:19 pm 

    Richard

    Boomers got paid insane wages to turn screws. They have been given far more than they deserve. I am glad they will be retiring with shit and will be getting slapped soon by a mexican in a home, while their diaper fills up with diarrhea.

  2. JuanP ID theft on Sat, 23rd Nov 2019 12:53 pm 

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  3. More Dumbass Davy ID Fraud on Sat, 23rd Nov 2019 1:03 pm 

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  4. JuanP is busted on Sat, 23rd Nov 2019 1:09 pm 

    Stupid, you do this all the time when you ID theft and do your sock rampages. You rapid fire messages all around the same time. Try being more clever next time, stupid.

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  8. Richard Guenette on Sun, 24th Nov 2019 10:08 am 

    The Shah modernized Iran when he was elected. He improved women’s rights. The problem with Iran today is the mullahs and Ayatollah, not the Iranian people.

  9. Richard Guenette on Sun, 24th Nov 2019 10:10 am 

    Iran’s leaders has an unhealthy obsession with Israel and America. The Iranians are very smart people, let them oust the Ayatollah (Ali Khameni) and restore freedom to their land.

  10. JuanP trash on Sun, 24th Nov 2019 10:18 am 

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  11. More Davy Mindless Stupidity on Sun, 24th Nov 2019 11:21 am 

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  12. Davy on Sun, 24th Nov 2019 11:30 am 

    Hay, wait a minute? May be JuanPees real name is Richard and he lives in Quebec? Or maybe Juanpee is my ex wife? It’s all real confusing for real stupid people like me. Maybe I should find something more important to do with my real stupid life.

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