Israel bombs "military infrastructure" in southern Syria after firing several projectiles

The Israeli Army fires artillery against southern Lebanon after a rocket attack by Hezbollah

MADRID, 31 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Israeli Army carried out new bombings this Wednesday against "military infrastructure" of Syria in the surroundings of the city of Daraa, in the south of the country, in response to the firing of projectiles from Syrian territory against the country.

"Fighter aircraft attacked the Syrian regime's military infrastructure tonight in the area of ​​the city of Daraa, southern Syria, in response to the firing on Tuesday night against the southern Golan Heights," he said. it's a statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in London and with informants in the Asian country, has indicated on its website that the targets were two "military installations" in Tal al Jumu and Nafaa, with no information on victims at the moment. or material damage.

Just two days before, the Syrian authorities reported several deaths in a bombing blamed on Israel against Iranian Revolutionary Guard positions south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, without the Israeli authorities commenting on the matter.

The Israeli authorities, who have not commented on this new bombing, recognize attacks in Syria, arguing that they act to prevent the establishment of Iranian bases and the sending of weapons to the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah by Tehran, which supports Al Assad in the context of the war that broke out in 2011.

On the other hand, the Israeli Army has confirmed the impact in "open spaces" of several projectiles fired in recent hours by Hezbollah from southern Lebanon. "There are no victims. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have fired artillery at several points in southern Lebanon," he concluded.

Following this, Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for firing "missiles" against "a concentration of enemy soldiers." "They have been hit directly," said the group, which has stressed that it acts "in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance," according to the Lebanese television network. Al Manar, linked to the party-militia.

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, supported by Iran, have risen after the death in early January of the 'number two' of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Salé al Aruri, and six other members of the group, including two senior officials of its armed wing, the Ezzeldin al Qassam Brigades, in a bombing blamed on the Israeli Army against the Lebanese capital, Beirut.