Middle East: several exchanges of missiles between Syria and Israel

Israeli soldiers gather near Moshav Sha'al, in the Golan Heights, on February 9, 2022 on this plateau annexed by Israel, on the Syrian border.

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Intense aerial activity agitated on the night of February 8 to 9 Israel and Syria.

Airstrikes were reported by both countries. 

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem

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Michel Paul 

Passive defense sirens sounded in the middle of the night in the Israeli town of Umm al Fahm and in the northern West Bank.

A Syrian missile explodes in the sky without causing any damage.

The night was particularly rough.

It started with a new air attack attributed to Israel by Syrian NGOs but not claimed by Israel.

Several sites near Damascus have been targeted without any further information on this subject.

A raid would have caused the death of a Syrian soldier.

Five other soldiers were injured according to the Syrian news agency SANA.

An hour later, another Israeli strike: this time Syrian radars and anti-aircraft batteries were targeted, an Israeli spokesman said.

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And that's not all: according to Kan, the Israeli public broadcaster, throughout the raids, Russian forces based in Syria carried out intense electronic jamming which complicated landing procedures at the international airport. Ben Gurion, near Tel Aviv.

An explosive situation which, in the opinion of specialists, could lead to a greater conflagration in this region. 

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