Today, Thursday, a senior officer in the Israeli army confirmed that he had monitored the withdrawal of Hezbollah and other Iranian factions from… locations in Syria After a series of Israeli raids once morest them in recent weeks, according to what was reported by The Times of Israel.
“missile factories”
This comes following Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz accused Iran, last Monday, of turning military sites in Syria into missile factories.
Gantz said that Syrian military facilities are used to manufacture precision-guided missiles for the Lebanese Hezbollah and other Iranian factions in the region.
potential threat
He also added that Iran has recently begun to build advanced industries in Yemen and Lebanon as well, indicating that this must be stopped.
He pointed out that these sites, including the Scientific Research Center near the city of Masyaf in northwestern Syria, constitute a “potential threat to the region and to Israel.”
continuous escalation
These statements came at a time when Israeli air raids escalated on important Iranian military sites inside Syrian territory, and in the vicinity of the international airports of Damascus and Aleppo.
These targets coincide with Iran’s transfer of weapons and ammunition, including air defenses and drones, to Syria, and storing them in warehouses in a number of Syrian cities, including the Masyaf area, west of Hama.
Hundreds of raids
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, Israeli warplanes have launched hundreds of air strikes on Syria, and the raids have targeted Syrian regime army sites and Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah military targets. Israel rarely confirms the implementation of strikes in Syria, while saying that it will continue to confront attempts Iran is consolidating its presence and military position in Syria.
