April 09, 2023 at 19:46 pm
The Israel Defense Forces said three rockets were fired from the direction of Syria into the Israeli-owned Golan Heights on the night of the 8th.
[Asiantaeth Newyddion Tsieina]Comprehensive news: According to Israel’s “Jerusalem Post”, the Israel Defense Forces said that three rockets were fired in the evening on the 8th from the direction of Syria towards the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights; early in the morning of the 9th, three more rockets fired from Syria into the Golan Heights. On the 9th, the Israeli army retaliated by bombing the Syrian area where the rockets were fired and launching drone strikes.
According to the media report, on the night of the 8th, a rocket landed in an open area of the Golan Heights, one landed in Jordan, and the other landed in Syria. In the early hours of the 9th, a rocket landed in an open area of the Golan Heights, one was intercepted by the “Iron Dome” defense system, and the third did not enter Israel. The Israeli army reported no casualties.
The Golan Heights region ordered the opening of shelters in southern towns, instructing residents to flee to escape the attack.
According to the “Times of Israel” and “Jerusalem Post”, the Israeli army launched shooting and drone strikes in southern Syria after the second rocket attack, with the purpose of destroying the rocket launchers. Later, Israeli and Syrian media reported that the Israeli army also launched airstrikes near the Syrian capital, Damascus.
The Associated Press and The Times of Israel quoted the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen news media as saying that a Palestinian militia group headquartered in Damascus, the capital of Syria, claimed responsibility for the rocket attack on the night of the 8th Raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Recently, the situation between Palestine and Israel has heated up again. Israeli police clashed with the Palestinians in the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 5th; dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon to the north on the 6th; subsequently the Israeli army launched airstrikes on southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, claiming that the target was the Palestinian Islamic resistance Movement (Hamas). According to the media, the Israeli army has strengthened its forces in the West Bank of the Jordan River and sent soldiers to reinforce the police.
