{"id":282391,"date":"2024-12-16T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=282391"},"modified":"2024-12-12T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T09:16:32","slug":"israel-says-it-launched-480-strikes-in-syria-in-two-days-following-assads-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/12\/israel-says-it-launched-480-strikes-in-syria-in-two-days-following-assads-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Says It Launched 480 Strikes in Syria in Two Days Following Assad’s Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Israeli military has pushed further into Syrian territory and is said to be only 25km from Damascus.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

10 Dec 2024 <\/em>– The Israeli military said today that it launched 480 strikes<\/a> in Syria over 48 hours following the overthrow of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which Israeli media said marked the heaviest Israeli bombing of Syria in history.<\/p>\n

The IDF said it struck<\/a> \u201cmost of the strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria\u201d and estimated it destroyed between 70% to 80% of the former government\u2019s weapons. Israeli strikes hit targets across Syria, including the port of Latakia, which destroyed naval vessels.<\/a><\/p>\n

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Israeli bombing campaign<\/a> \u201cdestroyed the most important military sites in Syria, including Syrian airports and their warehouses, aircraft squadrons, radars, military signal stations, and many weapons and ammunition depots in various locations in most Syrian governorates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel has also seized territory inside Syria, a buffer zone separating the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria, and several areas beyond the zone. Sources told Reuters<\/em> Israeli forces advanced 10 kilometers into Syrian territory and were only 25 kilometers away from Damascus. <\/a><\/p>\n

Israeli sources denied that Israeli troops advanced that far into Syria but also announced they were creating a \u201csterile defense zone\u201d in southern Syria, framing the occupation as temporary. The US has backed Israel\u2019s land grab in Syria<\/a>, also claiming it was a defensive move.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether with the prime minister, I have instructed the [military] to establish a sterile defense zone free of weapons and terrorist threats in southern Syria, without a permanent Israeli presence,\u201d said Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz.<\/a><\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday claimed<\/a> Israel doesn\u2019t seek to interfere in Syria\u2019s \u201cinternal affairs\u201d despite the massive bombing campaign and land grab. He also threatened that Israel would take more action if the new government aligned with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the new regime in Syria allows Iran to re-establish itself, or allows the transfer of Iranian weapons to Hezbollah \u2013 we will respond forcefully and we will exact a heavy price,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n

The Israeli leader previously took credit<\/a> for the overthrow of Assad by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda, and celebrated the regime change. \u201cThe Assad regime is a central link in Iran\u2019s axis of evil \u2014 this regime has fallen,\u201d he said on Sunday [8 Dec].<\/p>\n

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Dave DeCamp is the news editor of<\/em> antiwar.com.<\/p>\n

Go to Original – news.antiwar.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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