Fighter jets hit targets including “military radars systems and artillery posts,” and “a military compound of the Fourth Division of the Syrian Armed Forces,” Israel Defense Forces say.
Sunday after rare rocket fire from its northeastern neighbor as tensions simmered at a volatile Jerusalem shrine important to both Jewish and Muslim worshippers.that fighter jets had hit targets, including “military radars systems and artillery posts,” and “a military compound of the Fourth Division of the Syrian Armed Forces.” This followed strikes on rocket launchers that had fired toward Israeli territory, the statement said.
No damage or casualties were reported in Israeli territory, and it was unclear if there were casualties in Syria.Gaza His comments came after Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV quoted Al-Quds Brigade, a militia different from the larger Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s armed wing with a similar name, as saying it fired the rockets to retaliate for the police raid on, according to the Associated Press. NBC News was unable to independently verify this.
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