Israeli military launches assaults on targets in Syria and Lebanon | Israel Battle on Gaza Information

As conflict in Gaza rages, Israel is continuous its marketing campaign in opposition to Syrian navy and Hezbollah targets, sparking fears of regional spillover.

Israel has launched assaults on positions in Syria and Lebanon, as a part of its ongoing marketing campaign in opposition to opposing militaries and armed forces within the Center East.

“The [Israeli army] struck navy infrastructure belonging to the Syrian Military,” the Israeli navy mentioned in a publish on the social media platform X on Tuesday.

“[Israeli military] fighter jets additionally struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon,” it added, promising it might “proceed to function in opposition to any menace to Israel’s sovereignty”.

Israel’s navy has been engaged in cross-border preventing with Hezbollah and has launched repeated air raids on Syria since its conflict on Gaza started on October 7, elevating fears of the battle spilling over into the broader area.

In response to yesterday’s launches towards Israeli territory, the IDF struck navy infrastructure belonging to the Syrian Military.

IDF fighter jets additionally struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon.

The IDF will proceed to function in opposition to any menace to Israel’s… pic.twitter.com/xSty1eyMkb

— Israel Protection Forces (@IDF) January 2, 2024

The most recent assaults, which occurred between Monday and Tuesday, marked a spike in tensions between Israel and neighbours it has mentioned have hyperlinks to its enemy, Iran.

Earlier on Tuesday, Syrian state information company SANA mentioned pre-dawn Israeli assaults got here from the route of the Golan Heights.

The air raids focused “quite a few websites within the Damascus countryside”, SANA reported, citing an unnamed navy supply as saying solely “materials injury” had been precipitated.

Britain-based conflict monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned that one place focused close to the city of Kanaker housed members from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, the AFP information company reported.

Components of the southern Lebanese metropolis of Yaroun additionally got here beneath fireplace, the Israeli navy mentioned on Tuesday, after Hezbollah introduced it had fired on Israeli items close to the northern Israeli village of Sarit.

Iran hyperlinks

Syria and Iran are regional allies, with President Bashar al-Assad having acquired staunch assist from Tehran throughout the conflict in Syria.

Since its formation in 1982, Iran-backed Hezbollah has grown into a robust “state inside a state” in Lebanon, and has additionally backed Hamas in Gaza.

Israel has repeatedly mentioned it is not going to permit Iran to increase its presence in Syria.

Tuesday’s assaults observe intently on the heels of an air raid close to Aleppo on the finish of December, which precipitated some materials injury, in keeping with the Syrian Ministry of Defence.

For the reason that Syrian conflict started, Israel has launched a whole lot of air raids on Syrian territory, each on Syrian navy and Hezbollah targets. Because the conflict in Gaza has raged, there was a rise in cross-border exchanges of fireplace between Hezbollah and Israel.

In December, an Israeli air raid exterior Damascus killed Razi Moussavi, a senior adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) liable for coordinating the navy alliance between Syria and Iran.

Studies from Iran’s information company INRA mentioned that Mousavi had been a part of an entourage accompanying IRGC Normal Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad airport when he was killed by a US drone assault nearly precisely 4 years in the past.