Israeli soldiers participate in a military workout near Moshav Kidmat Tsvi in the Israeli- annexed Golan Heights on April 3, 2023.
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Israeli jets struck Syrian military targets on Sunday in action to rockets released towards Israeli regulated area overnight, Israel’s armed force stated, as violence flared once again following cross-border exchanges of fire throughout the week.
State media in Syria reported surges in the area of the capital Damascus as Israel stated its forces continued to strike Syrian area after 6 rockets were fired over night towards the Golan Heights.
Israel stated weapons and drone strikes struck the rocket launchers and were followed by airstrikes versus a Syrian army substance, military radar systems and weapons posts.
The Israeli military “sees the State of Syria responsible for all activities occurring within its territory and will not allow any attempts to violate Israeli sovereignty,” the Israeli Defense Forces stated in a declaration.
The Syrian defense ministry stated its air defenses had actually reacted to the Israeli attacks and obstructed some Israeli rockets. It stated no casualties had actually been reported with only product damage brought on by the strikes.
Sirens had actually sounded previously near towns in the Golan Heights as rockets were released from Syrian area, however no damage or casualties were reported. Israel took the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed the 1,200- square-km (460- square-mile) area in 1981, a relocation not acknowledged by the majority of the worldwide neighborhood.
Only 3 of the rockets crossed into Israeli- managed area, with 2 falling on open ground and a 3rd obstructed by air defense systems, the armed force stated.
Lebanon-Based Al Mayadeen television stated the rocket salvoes were declared by Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Iranian- backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad motion.
On Thursday, more than 30 rockets were fired towards Israel from southern Lebanon, drawing cross-border counterstrikes from Israel on websites connected to the Islamist motion Hamas in Lebanon and Gaza.
The cross-border exchanges came amidst dramatically increased stress in between Israel and Palestinian groups following Israeli cops raids in current days on Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, which triggered outrage throughout the Arab world.
Palestinians phase a demonstration versus Israeli raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque after carrying out the 3rd Friday prayer of holy Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem on April 7, 2023.
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Israel stated the operations were planned to remove groups of what cops called extremists that had actually barricaded themselves into the mosque equipped with firecrackers and stones.
But the raids, throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, drew a furious response and issue even amongst Israel’s U.S. allies, with smart phone video footage from inside the mosque revealing cops beating worshippers.
The website in Jerusalem’s Old City, holy to both Muslims and Jews, who understand it as Temple Mount, has actually been a longstanding flashpoint, significantly over the concern of Jewish visitors defying a restriction on non-Muslim prayer in the mosque substance.
Clashes there in 2021 assisted trigger a 10- day war in between Israel andHamas The current exchanges of cross-border fire have actually awakened memories of that dispute.
Despite worries of additional violence around the mosque on Saturday, there were no reports of major disruptions over night.
In a different event, a Palestinian male was shot dead by Israeli forces throughout a conflict in the inhabited West Bank, Israel’s military and the Palestinian health ministry stated.
