Скачать или смотреть Israeli army hits Syria after rocket fire, more strikes reported near border with Iraq

On early Saturday, the Israeli army announced that it had conducted strikes in Syria in response to two rockets launched from Syria that landed in Israeli-controlled territory. The army reported that after sirens sounded in northern Israel, the identified rocket launches from Syria landed in an open area. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that they were targeting the sources of the rocket fire. Although the precise location of the rocket landings was not disclosed, Israel considers the annexed Golan Heights as part of its northern region.

Additionally, three overnight airstrikes in eastern Syria, near a strategic border crossing with Iraq in Boukamal, resulted in the death of six Iran-backed militants. This occurred after an umbrella group of Iran-backed Iraqi militants, known as the Islamic Resistance, claimed responsibility for an attack on a US military base in Irbil, northern Iraq. The Islamic Resistance has been linked to numerous attacks on US positions in Iraq and eastern Syria since the beginning of the Hamas-Israel war on October 7.