Official: Israel Has Struck Dozens of Hezbollah Targets in Syria

The town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights (EPA)
The town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights (EPA)
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Official: Israel Has Struck Dozens of Hezbollah Targets in Syria

The town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights (EPA)
The town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights (EPA)

Hezbollah has not yet responded to statements that over the past three years, the Israeli army has attacked dozens of Hezbollah targets in Syria, a senior Israeli security official said on Saturday.

This is surprising since the attacks severely hampered the organization's logistical and operational efforts to establish itself in the southern Golan Heights and the border triangle with Jordan.

Sources affirmed that the Israeli army maintains a high deterrent capability against the Shiite group.

Hezbollah, with the help of Iran, is preparing for the possibility of attacking the home front and Israeli army soldiers stationed on the border with Syria in the future, they added.

Some of its weapons came from Iran by sea, and some by land or air via convoys to the Syrian Golan Heights.

In some places, operatives working in the name of Hezbollah managed to set up weapons depots that the Israeli Air Force attacked, according to foreign publications, and destroyed them.



Syrian Opposition March Through the Capital in a Show of Force

A drone view of a military parade held by Khaled Brigade, a part of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Damascus, Syria, December 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano
A drone view of a military parade held by Khaled Brigade, a part of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Damascus, Syria, December 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano
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Syrian Opposition March Through the Capital in a Show of Force

A drone view of a military parade held by Khaled Brigade, a part of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Damascus, Syria, December 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano
A drone view of a military parade held by Khaled Brigade, a part of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Damascus, Syria, December 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Hundreds of members of the main opposition group that overthrew former President Bashar Assad from power marched through the streets of the capital in a show of force.
The fighters with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, gathered at the Abbasiyeen square on Friday afternoon before driving vehicles mounted with heavy machine guns through different neighborhoods of Damascus.
The show of force by HTS came days after members of Assad’s minority Alawite sect protested in different parts of the country, leading to exchanges of fire in some areas.
Until Assad’s fall earlier this month, Alawites held senior positions in the military and security agencies in Syria. HTS fighters are Sunni Muslims who are the majority sect in the country.