Syrian media reported on Wednesday that the Israel Defense Forces attacked targets in the area of Palmyra in the central province of Homs.
According to Damascus’ SANA news agency, Wednesday’s airstrikes targeted “residential buildings and the industrial zone” in Palmyra, also known by its Arabic name Tadmur.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based war monitor with links to the opposition, aid that the attacks killed four non-Syrian nationals, all members of Iranian-backed terrorist militias.
Israel rarely acknowledges attacks in Syria. However, nine months ago, Jerusalem revealed that it had struck more than 50 targets belonging to Hezbollah and other Iranian terrorist proxies since Oct. 7, 2023.
On Nov. 13, Syrian state media reported that Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted aerial raids in the area of Al-Qusayr, near the Arab republic’s border with Lebanon. Local sources claimed that the strikes targeted bridges and military checkpoints in the border region.
The Israeli Air Force previously carried out raids on Hezbollah targets in Al-Qusayr on Nov. 5, attacking munitions depots used by the Lebanon-based Iranian-backed terrorist army.
Also last week, Israeli jets reportedly attacked Hezbollah targets near Shinshar on the outskirts of Homs, killing nine terrorist operatives. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the IAF strikes targeted an ammunition storage facility on the Homs-Damascus road.
In addition, the IDF confirmed to JNS on Nov. 13 that it started work on a barrier on the Golan‘s frontier with Syria “to thwart a possible terrorist invasion and protect the security of Israel’s borders.”
Concerns in Israel have grown in recent months over the possibility of a cross-border mass murder and kidnap attack launched by Iran-backed terrorist militias in southern Syria and targeting the Golan Heights.
