The Israeli Air Force has attacked dozens of Syrian and Iranian military targets in Syria this morning in retaliation for the launching of projectiles from Syrian territory against the Hermon area under Israeli control. The Israeli army, which intercepted the four projectiles of Tuesday's attack that blamed a pro-Iranian militia in southern Syria, has bombed facilities and bases of President Bashar Asad's army and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard unit, Quds Force. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights indicates that it has information on several deaths among members of the Syrian army and Iranian militia.

"I made it clear that whoever hits us will be beaten. We have done so tonight against military objectives of the Quds Force and Syrian military objectives in Syria after the launch of projectiles against Syria," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while the Defense head Naftali Bennett added: "The rules have changed. Whoever fires (missiles) at Israel in the morning will not sleep at night. Our message to the leaders of Iran is clear: you are not immune after every attack on Israel ".

The Syrian army claims that its batteries managed to intercept much of the missiles fired by Israel in the peripheral area of ​​Damascus. "At 1.20 in the morning, Israeli combat fighters fired missiles from the occupied Golan and Marj al Eyoun in Lebanon against the outskirts of Damascus. Our defensive systems aborted the attack by intercepting hostile missiles and knocking down much of them before they will reach their goal, "Syrian military sources told the state agency Sana that defines the attack as" violent Israeli aggression. "

In this sense, the Israeli army affirms that "during the attack and in spite of the warnings previously made not to do so, the Syrian missile batteries were activated so that a number of defensive aerial batteries were destroyed." According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights , "the explosions on the outskirts of Damascus were caused by the action of air defense batteries in their attempt to intercept Israeli missiles that attacked positions of the regime and Iranian militias."

Among the arguments launched this morning by Israeli spokespersons, the well-known "Israel will not allow Iran to take military action in Syria and use it as a platform against Iranian civilians and soldiers" and warns both Iran and Assad: "Iranian military positions they threaten the security of Israel, the stability of the area but also the Assad regime, "says army spokesman Hidai Zilberman .

In recent years and also taking advantage of the chaos in the Syrian civil war, the Israeli Air Force carried out numerous attacks against targets of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its allied militias such as the Lebanese Hizbullah group. In recent months, Iran under the leadership in the field of the Quds Force commander, General Qassem Suleimani has changed tactics in response to each attack. One of these Iranian reprisals would be the launch of 4 missiles intercepted by Israel before hitting the Golan plateau occupied by Israel in the war of 67. According to military analysts, it is one of the reasons why in the last two months there is no information on Israeli bombing against Iranian targets in Syria.

Duel between Iran and Israel

This is a new chapter in the battle between Israel and Iran. A duel with numerous secret or claimed attacks - largely from and in Syria but with effects in other areas where there are groups supported by Tehran such as Lebanon (Hizbullah) and Gaza (Islamic Jihad and Hamas) - that has not yet led to war Direct between the two countries.

The army denies that the broad air raid of this morning has to do with Israel's political situation plunged into a blockade that, after the elections of April 9 and September 17, prevents Netanyahu and the centrist leader Benny Gantz from forming Government. In this regard, Gantz has shown on Twitter his support for the attack on Iranian forces in Syria: "Also at problematic political moments, we will support any responsible government action that reinforces the security of Israeli citizens."

The leader of "Blue and White" , who met last night with Netanyahu, has until this midnight to inform the President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin that he has obtained sufficient support to form a Government. All forecasts indicate for days that the former head of the Army will not succeed after Netanyahu also failed. In that way, the options for new elections in Israel grow.

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