[News] Israel unleashes hell across Syria with over 250 airstrikes since fall of Damascus

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 Israel unleashes hell across Syria with over 250 airstrikes since fall of
Damascus

The Israeli army has systematically targeted all of Syria's military
capabilities from the moment Turkish-backed extremist groups took control
of the country's capital

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

DEC 10, 2024 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-unleashes-hell-across-syria-with-over-250-airstrikes-since-fall-of-damascus
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Israeli jets have launched well over 250 airstrikes across dozens of
locations in the north, east, west, and south of Syria as of 10 December,
targeting all of the country's air defense systems, military bases, and
overground military assets.

Heavy airstrikes have destroyed weapons and ammo depots, factories,
research facilities, and all military airfields and naval bases since
extremist armed groups entered the capital, Damascus, and seized power
<https://thecradle.co/articles/hts-declares-end-of-syrian-government-as-extremists-swarm-damascus>
on Sunday morning.

Israeli media described the blitzkrieg as the “most intense” bombing of
Syria since the October 1973 War. Channel 12 reported
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that "the air force is operating on a very broad scale across Syria to
destroy the remnants of the Syrian Army."

"In more than 250 raids, the air force destroyed tanks, planes,
helicopters, ships, air defense systems, missiles, military factories, and
security facilities … If this operation succeeds, the new rebel regime will
have to start from scratch, with simple weapons like M16s and Kalashnikovs,
to build its military capabilities as a new state," the Israeli broadcaster
said in its report broadcast on Monday night.

In one of Sunday’s airstrikes, Israeli warplanes reportedly bombed the
security compound in the Kafr Sousa area of central Damascus, which housed
intelligence and customs offices, resulting in massive fires.

The unprecedented wave of airstrikes in Syria followed Israel's unilateral “
expansion
<https://thecradle.co/articles/netanyahu-extends-hand-of-peace-to-syrians-as-israeli-jets-strike-damascus>”
of the buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights, a move the UN said
constituted a violation of a 1974 disengagement agreement between Israel
and Syria.

“There should be no military forces or activities in the area of
separation. And Israel and Syria must continue to uphold the terms of that
1974 agreement and preserve stability in the Golan,” Stéphane Dujarric,
spokesperson for UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, told reporters on
Monday.

Israeli forces occupied Syria’s Mount Hermon
<https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-occupies-syrian-side-of-mount-hermon-facing-no-resistance>
and several towns and villages on Sunday, soon after the fall of Damascus,
advancing several kilometers into the country facing no opposition.

“This is a historic day for the Middle East. The collapse of the Assad
regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is
fraught with significant dangers," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said
in a speech broadcast from the occupied Golan Heights, in which he also
took responsibility for Assad's ouster.

Netanyahu claimed that the 1974 truce agreement had “collapsed” along with
the Syrian government. “We gave the Israeli army the order to take over
these positions to ensure that no hostile force embeds itself right next to
the border of Israel. This is a temporary defensive position until a
suitable arrangement is found,” the Israeli premier alleged.

The new leadership in Damascus, led by former ISIS and Al-Qaeda commander
Abu Mohammed al-Julani, has largely kept quiet about the Israeli occupation
of southern Syria and the relentless attacks across the country.
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