DAMASCUS, (PIC)
The Israeli army has escalated airstrikes on Syrian military sites, in one of the largest operations carried out by the Israeli Air Force in the past decades, as Israeli military incursion into southern Syria reached about 25 km southwest of the capital, Damascus, according to sources.
The Israeli army radio quoted sources as reporting that the army destroyed warplanes, warships, and strategic facilities in Syria to prevent the opposition forces from reaching them.
Two regional security sources told Reuters that Israeli forces reached the Qatana area, which is located 10 km inside the Syrian territories to the east of the demilitarized zone separating the occupied Golan Heights from Syria.
Explosions were heard at dawn today in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and its surroundings as a result of the intensive Israeli raids that began two days ago.
An Israeli security source said on Monday evening that the Israeli Air Force had attacked more than 250 targets inside Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
He explained that the attack included military bases, dozens of fighter jets, surface-to-air missile systems, production sites and ammunition depots, and surface-to-surface missiles.
According to various estimates from Western intelligence agencies, the Israeli army carried out about 300 attacks, until Tuesday morning, on various military targets, most of which belonged to the Syrian Air Force.
The aggression also included targeting defense factories and scientific research institutes in the Aleppo area and the scientific research center in the Jamraya area on the outskirts of Damascus.
This morning, explosions were reported in Damascus as a result of another attack in and around the city.
The last time in which Israel destroyed an entire air force of an “enemy” state was the targeting of the Egyptian air force in the 1967 war.
