The Israel Defense Forces overnight Saturday struck a command center, air defense system and other military infrastructure belonging to the Syrian army.
The attack was in response to the launch of two drones from Syrian territory toward Eilat earlier in the day, according to the IDF.
The drones were downed by IAF fighter jets and the Iron Dome air defense system, according to reports. There were no injuries reported.
“The Syrian regime is responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from its territory and will bear the consequences for it,” said the IDF.
In November, a drone fired from Syria caused a large explosion at an elementary school in Eilat, injuring one civilian.
A 20-year-old man suffered from smoke inhalation and was evacuated to the city’s Yoseftal Medical Center. In addition, paramedics treated five people suffering from anxiety.
Israel has struck hundreds of targets in Syria in recent years as part of an effort to prevent Iranian military entrenchment in the country. However, Jerusalem rarely acknowledges these incidents.
The IDF struck targets near Baniyas in northwestern Syria overnight Monday, according to Syrian state media.
On Jun. 26, an Israeli air strike in the Damascus area killed at least two people and wounded a Syrian soldier, according to SANA.
A week before, a Syrian military officer was killed in a reported Israeli drone strike on a military outpost in the southwestern part of the country. Earlier in June, at least 16 members of a pro-Iran terror militia were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a copper plant in northern Syria.
On April 1, seven members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including the commander responsible for Syria and Lebanon, were killed in an attack on a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus.
Thirteen days later, Iran launched an unprecedented attack on the Jewish state involving more than 300 drones and missiles in what Tehran said was retaliation for the Damascus incident.
