In a tweet the Israel Defence Forces also warned the Syrian Armed Forces against attempting to harm Israeli forces or territory
Israel Defence Forces in the latest tweet claimed that the Syrian regime was responsible for everything taking place within Syria and added that it will continue operating as needed to defend Israeli civiliansThe operation comes after Israeli said that “a rocket was fired at the northern Golan Heights and was intercepted by the Iron Dome Aerial Defence System”.
The Syrian military said Israel carried out intensive air strikes with successive waves of guided missiles shortly after 1 am local time, but added that Syrian air defences destroyed most of the missiles before they reached their targets.
Until now Israel has refrained form public admissions of its military operations in neighbouring Syria but the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week confirmed that Israel has struck hundreds of targets in Syria linked to Iran and its ally Lebanese Hezbollah militant group, including a weapons facility two weeks ago. After President Bashar al-Assad succeeded his late father Hafez in 2000, an uprising against him began in which the Syrians were complaining about high unemployment, corruption and high-handed governance.
In the year 2011, pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in the southern city of Deraa and protests demanding the president’s resignation erupted nationwide. The government tried to suppress everything by using force to crush the dissent. Government’s action led to the intensification of the unrest and this further descended into civil war.Iran and Hezbollah are allied with the Syrian government in the civil war.
