Israel claims responsibility for airstrikes near Damascus, saying it foiled 'large-scale attack' by Iran

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The Israeli military Saturday said it foiled an imminent large-scale attack by Iranian forces and Shiite militia on targets in northern Israel, with a series of airstrikes carried out near the Syrian capital Damascus.

The Israel Defense Forces claimed responsibility for the airstrikes, saying it was necessary to thwart multiple attacks by what it called killer, or kamikaze, drones, of a kind not previously used by Iranian forces against Israel.

When asked by CNN how immediate the IDF assessed the threat to be, IDF foreign press spokesman Jonathan Conricus described it as"imminent, as in real-time." Syrian state news channel al Ikhbaria broadcast a breaking news banner stating:"The aggression is ongoing and anti-air defenses are countering and neutralizing hostile targets in the southern area."

During an interview on Israel's Channel 9 television Thursday, Netanyahu, who also acts as the country's defense minister, was asked whether Israeli forces"were acting in the whole region, including Iraq ... against the Iranian threat."

 

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