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Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 14:05
Israeli military says it struck Syrian, Iranian forces in Syria
By Reuters
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 14:05 By Reuters

This image grab taken from a video released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Feb 6, 2020, shows an explosion following an Israeli air strike on an undisclosed location in Syria. (PHOTO / AFP)

JERUSALEM / AMMAN - Israel launched air strikes against Syrian and Iranian targets in southern Syria on Wednesday after explosive devices were planted in the Israeli-held Golan Heights, the Israeli military said. 

In a statement, the Israeli military said its planes targeted the Syrian army and Iran's Quds Force, hitting storage facilities, military compounds and Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries

The Syrian state news agency reported that three military personnel were killed and one was wounded in "Israeli aggression". 

Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus, an Israeli military spokesman, said eight targets in areas stretching from the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan Heights to the Damascus periphery were attacked. 

They included an Iranian headquarters at Damascus international airport, a "secret military site" that served as a "hosting facility for senior Iranian delegations when they come to Syria to operate" and the 7th Division of the Syrian armed forces, he said. 

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Syrian advanced surface-to-air missile batteries were also hit "after they fired at our aircraft and at our ordnance", Conricus said.

Israel has repeatedly attacked Iranian targets in Syria and those of allied militias, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, saying it would not tolerate Iranian entrenchment in its northern neighbour.

Commenting on Wednesday's attack, Conricus said: "It's not one of the largest, but it is diverse."

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Conricus, briefing foreign reporters, said three claymore anti-personnel charges were discovered on Tuesday near an Israeli military position in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau captured and occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war."

The actual planting of the IEDs (improvised explosive devices) was done by Syrian locals but the guidance, instruction and control was by the Iranian Quds Force - that is why we decided to retaliate against them in Syria," Conricus said.

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