Report: Israeli Jets Attack Syrian Military Base in Homs

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Report: Israeli Jets Attack Syrian Military Base in Homs

Locals Hear 'Huge Explosions' Amid Unconfirmed Reports

by Jason Ditz, June 07, 2016



Locals near the base of the Syrian Army’s Fourth Mechanical Division reported hearing “huge explosions” over the weekend, as jets believed to belong to the Israeli military flew overhead. If confirmed, this would be the latest in a growing number of Israeli strikes on Syria.
Other reports claimed the attack took place against the air defense school of the Syrian Army, and that the bombings attacked warehouses stocked with anti-aircraft missiles. Despite the planes reportedly flying very low above the base, no attempt was made to fire on them.
As usual with reported Israeli attacks on Syria, neither the Syrian nor Israeli government would confirm the incident. Israel has virtually never commented on any of its strikes against Syria, beyond coy shows of approval for the deaths of slain Hezbollah figures.
Besides being yet another attack by Israel, if confirmed this would also mark the first attack since the installation of Avigdor Lieberman as Israel’s new Defense Minister. Lieberman would not comment directly on the reports, but did warn neighbors not to “test us.”

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Report: Israeli Air Force attacked Syrian weapons facility over weekend

• Liberman on northern border: I would advise against testing us
  
  

The report added that Syrian defense systems identified Israeli aircraft within their airspace but refrained from firing.






Israeli Air Force jets attacked a missile storage facility in Syria over the weekend, targeting a number of military sites said to be housing advanced weaponry, according to Syrian Internet publication Al Wasil Time on Tuesday. The attack took place near the embattled city of Homs and reportedly caused extensive damage to the facility.The report added that Syrian defense systems identified Israeli aircraft within their airspace but refrained from firing.

If the report is verified, it would be the first operation conducted under the newly minted Minister of Defense Avigdor Liberman, who toured the northern border earlier Tuesday with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot.



He was also briefed by OC Northern Command, Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the head of the Northern Formation and Commander of the IDF Staff and Command College, Maj.-Gen. Yossi Bachar, and regional commanders in northern Israel.

"I heard briefings today on this area, which is always sensitive, and I can say that the northern border is in good and secure hands," Liberman said.


"I was impressed by the readiness, the plans, and preparations. The role of the IDF here is to safeguard the quiet on the northern border, and that is what we are doing. We have no other plans, other than to safeguard the quiet, and I hope that everyone understands that well, including our neighbors."

Liberman added, "In any case, I would not advise anyone to try and test us."

Yaakov Lappin contributed to this report.

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Pro-Assad regime media (Al Wasil Time) and Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (Opposition source) are confirming the Israeli airstrikes on the Assad-Iran-Hezbollah forces in Homs. Typically, Assad regime deny Israeli airstrikes such as with the recent death of Badreddine .

US and Russian jets do not target Assad-Iran-Hezbollah forces. Only Israeli jets do, and hence, why Israel is behind this.