Israel's military said Saturday that it struck a Hamas weapons storage facility in southern Syria, claiming the weapons were intended to be used in attacks on Israeli forces.
Israel has been operating in and around areas in Syria close to the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since the fall of Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad in December.
Since the end of Assad’s rule, the Israeli army has continued to operate against alleged Hezbollah targets in Syria and to confiscate weapons belonging to the Syrian Armed Forces.
But Saturday’s announcement appeared to be the first time Israel openly claimed that Hamas was operating in Syria since Assad’s overthrow.
