Israel Says it Hit 50 Syria Targets in 2020
Arab World
Asharq Al-Awsat
Israel's military, which rarely comments on individual strikes in Syria blamed on its forces, said Thursday it had hit about 50 targets in the country in 2020. The annual report released by the Israeli army did not provide details about the targets hit, but Israel is believed to have launched hundreds of strikes in Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011. They have targeted regime troops, allied Iranian forces and fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah. A military spokeswoman told AFP that figures in the report were correct as of December 20. The latest strike in Syria blamed on Israel came Wednesday, when missile fire from Israel hit a military position near Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reported, citing a military source. SANA said one Syrian soldier was killed and three others wounded. Israel's military declined to comment on the incident. Overall, Israeli warplanes flew 1,400 "operational" sorties in 2020, the report said, without elaborating. Regarding the Palestinian conflict, the report said 176 rockets were fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip into Israel, of which 90 fell on open ground. It said that Israeli missile defenses had intercepted 80 rockets. On Tuesday, Hamas and other armed groups staged military exercises in Gaza, including firing rockets into the sea, to mark the anniversary of the start of the 2008 conflict.
from Asharq AL-awsat https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2713596/israel-says-it-hit-50-syria-targets-2020
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