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Israeli Official: Iran Trying to Deploy Arms in or through Syria

Demonstrators unfurl a large Palestinian flag during an anti-Israel rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Damascus' central Arnous Square on October 13, 2023 amid ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (AFP)
Demonstrators unfurl a large Palestinian flag during an anti-Israel rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Damascus' central Arnous Square on October 13, 2023 amid ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (AFP)
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Israeli Official: Iran Trying to Deploy Arms in or through Syria

Demonstrators unfurl a large Palestinian flag during an anti-Israel rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Damascus' central Arnous Square on October 13, 2023 amid ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (AFP)
Demonstrators unfurl a large Palestinian flag during an anti-Israel rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Damascus' central Arnous Square on October 13, 2023 amid ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (AFP)

A senior Israeli official accused Iran on Sunday of trying to open a second war front by deploying weapons in or through Syria as Israel steps up a counter-offensive in Gaza to the south.

Responding to a post of the X social-media platform that posited such a scenario, Joshua Zarka, head of strategic affairs for Israel's Foreign Ministry, said: "They (Iranians) are."

The original post also said "the Israelis are determined to prevent" such developments. To that, Zarka responded: "We are."

Syria accused Israel of carrying out strikes against Damascus and Aleppo airports last week.

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Lebanon: Hezbollah Says it Launches First Drone Attack on Israel's Ashdod Naval Base

File photo: Members of Israeli security and emergency services deploy at the site of a shooting on the Yavne interchange, near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
File photo: Members of Israeli security and emergency services deploy at the site of a shooting on the Yavne interchange, near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
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Lebanon: Hezbollah Says it Launches First Drone Attack on Israel's Ashdod Naval Base

File photo: Members of Israeli security and emergency services deploy at the site of a shooting on the Yavne interchange, near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
File photo: Members of Israeli security and emergency services deploy at the site of a shooting on the Yavne interchange, near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Lebanon's Hezbollah has launched a drone attack on the Ashdod naval base in southern Israel for the first time, the Iran-backed group said on Sunday in a statement.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army on the attack.
On Saturday, Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire.
Lebanon's Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded in the strikes, which were the fourth in central Beirut in less than a week.
US envoy Amos Hochstein traveled to the region in pursuit of a deal to end months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that has erupted into full-on war.
Israeli attacks have killed more than 3,500 people in Lebanon, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. The fighting has displaced about 1.2 million people, or a quarter of Lebanon’s population.
Also Saturday, a drone strike killed two people and injured three in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre. Other airstrikes killed eight people, including four children, in the eastern town of Shmustar, five others in the southern village of Roumin, and another five people in the northeastern village of Budai.