Gantz Says Russia Fired at Israeli Jets over Syria in May

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz. Reuters file photo
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz. Reuters file photo
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Gantz Says Russia Fired at Israeli Jets over Syria in May

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz. Reuters file photo
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz. Reuters file photo

Defense Minister Benny Gantz has revealed that Russian forces opened fire on Israeli warplanes in May using advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, at the end of an Israeli attack on targets in Syria.

The incident was first reported by Channel 13 news a week after the strike on May 13, in which the Israeli air force bombed Syrian military infrastructure near Masyaf in northwestern Syria.

“It was a one-off incident,” Gantz told a conference in response to a question on Tuesday.

“Our jets weren’t even in the area,” Gantz said.



Arab Parliament Speaker Condemns Israeli Escalation in Gaza, Calls for Immediate Action

Arab Parliament Speaker Condemns Israeli Escalation in Gaza, Calls for Immediate Action
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Arab Parliament Speaker Condemns Israeli Escalation in Gaza, Calls for Immediate Action

Arab Parliament Speaker Condemns Israeli Escalation in Gaza, Calls for Immediate Action

Arab Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al Yamahi strongly condemned Israel’s dangerous and bloody escalation against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the Saudi Press Agency said on Sunday.

In a statement, Al Yamahi described the systematic starvation and deadly siege in Gaza, leaving vulnerable populations to face death, as a full-fledged crime occurring before a silent world. He voiced calls on the international community to shirk its moral, legal, and humanitarian responsibilities towards a people facing annihilation through mass starvation, a scenario deemed unbearable to human conscience.

Al Yamahi also condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ bombing of places of worship in Gaza, describing it as a war crime and holding the occupying forces fully responsible for the attack.

He urged the international community to take immediate and effective action to halt the aggression, open urgent and sustainable humanitarian aid corridors, and hold occupation leaders accountable as war criminals.