Syria’s air defenses have been activated to repel a suspected ‘Israeli assault’ within the Hama Governorate, because the nation’s state media report blasts in skies over Masyaf.
The alleged strikes got here on Friday morning, within the early hours of Christmas Day, based on the Syrian Arab Information Company. The assault reportedly focused navy websites close to the town of Masyaf, situated some 23 miles (37km) west of Hama.
Unconfirmed footage of Syria’s defenses in motion has circulated on-line.
Quickly after the strikes on Syria, movies purporting to indicate Israeli warplanes flying low over Beirut, Lebanon additionally surfaced on social media. Although the IDF has not confirmed Friday’s strikes, Israeli operations have beforehand been carried out from Lebanese airspace.
On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to ship a “crushing blow” to “whoever tries to hurt us,” singling out each Iran and Syria by identify.
“We are going to proceed to behave towards makes an attempt by Iran and its proxies to ascertain navy bases in Syria. We won’t compromise on this problem,” Netanyahu stated, echoing Tel Aviv’s long-held place that it reserves the proper to strike ‘Iranian targets’ no matter the place they’re situated.
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