IAF Attacks Syrian Military Targets in Response to Cross Border Fire
26 July, 2020 |
4 years ago
Jerusalem, 26 July, 2020 (TPS) -- The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Friday night attacked Syrian Armed Forces military targets in southern Syria in response to gunfire coming from Syria earlier in the day.
The targets included observation posts and intelligence-gathering facilities located in the outposts, the IDF stated.
The Syrian official SANA news agency reported that three points were attacked on the border in Quneitra, adjacent to the Israeli Golan Heights, causing two light injuries and “setting fires in the forests.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that four persons were injured in the strike, including two regime soldiers. The two others are Hezbollah-backed militiamen or non-Syrians loyal to regime forces.
“We hold the Syrian regime responsible and will respond to any violation of Israeli sovereignty,” the IDF stated.
The Israeli attack came in response to cross border gunfire emerging from Syria earlier in the day that caused damage to a car and a building in the town of Majdal Shams. No one was injured in the incident.
