Israel strikes Assad-regime weapons in southern Syria

The Israeli Air Force targeted weapons belonging to the former Assad regime in the Sa’sa area of southern Syria on Tuesday night.

The military aired footage of the strike, which took place under the direction of the 210th “Bashan” Division, which is responsible for the Syrian front as part of Northern Command.

“The IDF will continue to operate to remove any threat to the State of Israel,” the military stated.

The strike follows an IAF attack on a facility in southern Syria belonging to the Gaza-based Hamas terrorist organization on Feb. 8. A week prior, Israeli soldiers stationed in the Syrian Golan Heights were fired upon. No injuries were reported in the incident.

Following the collapse of the Bashar Assad regime in December at the hands of a Sunni jihadist uprising, Israel took control of part of the Syrian Golan along the border, in what was described as a temporary protective measure.

However, during a visit to the Syrian side of Mount Hermon on Jan. 28, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said, “The IDF will remain at the summit of the Hermon and the security zone indefinitely to ensure the security of the communities of the Golan Heights and the north, and all the residents of Israel.”