"The Russians were informed prior to the attack through the existing mechanism," Israel's Jonathan Conricus told reporters at a briefing on Thursday.
The military communication channel was set up between Israel and Russia in fall 2015 to prevent erroneous engagements in Syria.
Israeli warplanes raided Iranian positions in Syria overnight, firing dozens of rockets into the Syrian territory in response to a barrage of Iranian rockets, the Israeli army said Thursday.
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IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said no rockets made impact in Israeli territory. Four projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and the rest fell in Syria, he said. The rockets included both Grad and Fajr-5 models, according to the military.
ReplyDeleteIn a statement, the IDF said it also attacked Syrian air defense batteries that had fired at Israeli planes despite the prior warning not to do so.
ReplyDeleteWe don’t want to escalate the situation, but will respond to a new Iranian attack. We’re ready to give a powerful response
ReplyDeleteThe Syrian air defenses were "confronting a new wave of Israeli aggression rockets and downing them one after the other”, SANA news agency reported, citing a military source on May 10.
ReplyDeleteThe source said the Arab country’s air defense prevented most of the rockets from reaching their targets, while some managed to hit a number of air defense battalions, radars, and an ammo depot.
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Le ministre russe de la Défense n'a pas encore commenté la situation.
ReplyDelete'If It Rains on us, It'll Storm on Them': Lieberman Warns Iran After Israel's Massive Attack in Syria
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El ministro de Defensa israelí, Avigdor Lieberman, afirmó el jueves que espera que la última ronda de violencia con Irán en la frontera siria haya terminado.
ReplyDelete"Espero que hayamos terminado este capítulo y todos hayan entendido el mensaje", dijo Lieberman en una conferencia de seguridad de Herzliya, cerca de Tel Aviv. Lieberman indicó que Israel atacó "casi toda la infraestructura iraní en Siria", informa Reuters.
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