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Israel attacks Syrian “military infrastructure” allegedly used by Hezbollah for second day in a row

Israel attacks Syrian "military infrastructure" allegedly used by Hezbollah for second day in a row

April 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israeli Army attacked this Wednesday morning for the second consecutive day a “military infrastructure” in Syrian territory supposedly used by the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah, with no information on victims so far.

“A moment ago, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked a military infrastructure that was located in Syrian territory, and which according to Intelligence information was being used by the terrorist organization Hezbollah,” reads a statement from the Israeli Army published on his social network account X, formerly Twitter.

The IDF has also recalled that it considers the Syrian Government “responsible” for “everything that happens” within its territory, and has expressed that it will not allow the establishment of Hezbollah in the country.

On the other hand, Israel has also attacked positions of the armed group in Lebanon within the framework of the low-intensity clashes that both parties maintain as a result of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.

The day before, the IDF bombed “military infrastructure” of the Syrian Army in the province of Daraa (southern) in response to an attack from Syrian territory against the occupied Golan Heights, a territory that Israel seized from Syria during the Six-Way War. Días (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973) and which was effectively annexed in 1981, in a movement not recognized by the international community.

Since the beginning of 2024, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has counted up to 33 Israeli attacks against Syrian positions so far in 2024 and in which it has managed to kill 129 soldiers or militiamen and wound another 47. In addition, a dozen Civilians have died and another 20 have been injured as a result of these actions.

The Israeli authorities recognize attacks in Syria, arguing that they are acting to prevent the establishment of Iranian bases and the shipment of weapons to Hezbollah by Tehran, which supports the Syrian president, Bashar al Assad, in the context of the war that broke out in 2011. after the violent repression of pro-democracy demonstrations within the framework of the 'Arab Spring'.

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