Syrians look for metal pieces and unexploded ammunition at the site of an Israeli airstrike in northeastern Syria, on Dec. 10, 2024. Israel carried out another wave of airstrikes on Wednesday in an ongoing bid to reduce the military capacity of it war-torn neighbor. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
(Tribune News Service) — The Israeli army carried out multiple airstrikes in different parts of Syria on Wednesday, including the capital Damascus, and “almost completely destroyed” a military airport in another major city as Israel continues to degrade the war-torn country’s military capabilities.
The airstrikes, carried out in five different areas, lasted for 30 minutes and wounded civilians and military personnel, the Syrian foreign ministry said in a statement. Syria TV reported that the military airport in Hama, north of Damascus, had been hit more than 15 times.
The Israel Defense Forces said on Telegram that within hours, it had “struck military capabilities that remained at the Syrian bases of Hama and T4, along with additional remaining military infrastructure sites in the area of Damascus.” The IDF vowed to “continue to operate to remove any threat to Israeli civilians.” The T4 base is in Homs.
An Israeli airstrike targeted the vicinity of a research facility in Damascus, the Syrian state-run news agency Sana reported. Israeli forces fired artillery shells in the countryside near Daraa, close to the border with Jordan, according to Syria TV.
The Israeli government has attacked military infrastructure and seized weapons and equipment in Syria following the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad last December as a precaution. Interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, who led an Islamist uprising against his long-standing predecessor, previously fought alongside Islamic State in Iraq and ran al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria.
The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instituted a new defense doctrine intended to prevent another surprise attack by building military positions in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza.
The Syrian foreign ministry described the Israeli attacks as an “unjustified escalation” that aimed to “shake the stability of Syria and prolong the suffering of its people.”
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