Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is the army correspondent for The Times of Israel.
Israel launched airstrikes on unknown targets near the Syrian capital Damascus, wounding two soldiers, the official Syrian news firm reported.
There was no comment from the Israel Defense Forces, in line with its policy of not commenting on airstrikes in foreign countries.
The SANA news agency, citing an army source, said Syrian air defenses shot down several Israeli missiles over Damascus. Syria claims to intercept Israeli missiles, though army analysts doubt those claims.
Shortly before Syrian media reports, Israelis near the northern border filmed Israeli Air Force planes flying overhead. SANA said IAF jets smuggled their missiles in from the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.
SANA said two infantrymen were wounded as a result of the attacks. Its terms were unclear.
The official news firm added that damage had been caused to the affected sites. The extent of the damage is unclear.
– Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) December 19, 2022
The Israeli military says it is also attacking arms shipments purportedly destined for those groups, chief among which is Lebanon’s Hezbollah. In addition, airstrikes attributed to Israel have targeted Syrian air defense systems.
But in a rare comment, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi showed last week that the air force carried out an airstrike in early November against a convoy allegedly carrying Iranian weapons near the Syrian-Iraqi border.
The last attack in Syria attributed to Israel on December 11, when a Syrian army siege attacked. Hours later, the IDF dropped threatening leaflets in southern Syria, warning Syrian foot soldiers to avoid cooperating with Iranian-backed Hezbollah in the region.
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