The Israeli army has confirmed that it carried out airstrikes on military infrastructure in Syria. According to an Israeli public broadcaster, the strikes took place near Daraa. There is growing concern that this conflict with Hamas could potentially trigger a larger regional conflict.
Israel’s army said Monday it had carried out strikes on military infrastructure inside Syria as fears grow that its war against Hamas could spur a broader regional conflict.
“A short time ago, an IDF fighter jet attacked the launchers” from where attacks originated overnight towards Israeli territory, the military said.
The Israeli jet “struck military infrastructure in Syrian territory,” it said.
The army did not provide more details, but according to Israeli public broadcaster Kan News, the strikes took place near the southern Syrian city of Daraa.
Syria’s defense ministry on Monday said Israel struck at around 1:35 am (2335 GMT) “from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting two positions of our armed forces in the Daraa countryside, causing some material losses.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Israel targeted army positions, including “an artillery battalion” in Daraa province, in response to shelling the nearby occupied Golan Heights.
Concerns are growing about the regional fallout from Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza.
There has been a string of attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria, as well as increasing exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces on the Lebanon border since the Gaza conflict began.
Gabriela De La Cruz, with AFP
