Israel Attacks Damascus on Christmas, SAA Air Defenses Intercept ‘Hostile Targets’ Over Capital
Reports are still preliminary, but it does appear that Israel is once again in violation of international law, as it violates both Lebanese airspace and Syria’s sovereignty by launching another belligerent attack against Syria’s capital city of Damascus.
According to multiple reports including Syrian state media SANA, the Syrian Arab Army’s ground-to-air missile defense systems around Damascus were deployed against incoming targets.
Thus far, reports of any casualties in Syria are still unknown.
According to Israeli military sources, Israeli air defenses were then “activated” against anti-aircraft missiles coming from Syria to target Israeli jets. Israel claims no damage was done, nor any injuries to IDF personnel.
An IDF aerial defense system activated in response to an anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) December 25, 2018
According to Syrianna Analysis, a Lebanese National News Agency reported that Israeli warplane flew at low altitude over the Sidon area south Lebanon, and proceeded to fire towards Damascus.
#BREAKNG
— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) December 25, 2018
Video footage of Syrian air defense units currently in action near #Damascuspic.twitter.com/Me017uPiLL
Watch another stunning video here showing of SAA defenses repelling incoming Israeli missiles.
Today’s Christmas Day attack by Israel is just the latest in what has become an endless string of air strikes and missile attacks against Syria during this 8 year-long conflict.
As a general rule, Israel will neither confirm nor deny its aggressions against neighboring states, so expect the same thing with this unprovoked attack against Syria. Typically, Israel will justify such strikes as targeting either Iranian or to Hezbollah targets or weapons caches – although Israel has never presented any evidence to back up its arbitrary targeting policy.
Trouble in Tel Aviv
Why is Israel risking the bad optics on by attacking multi-denominational Syria on Christmas Day? Pundits are speculating at a few possibilities.
After his failures in Gaza, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is desperate to regain his credibility as Israel’s strongman. This latest desperate move by Israel comes on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that Netantuyu’s fragile coalition government has fallen apart, forcing a call for new elections scheduled for April.
Also, Trump’s recent announcement of pulling US troops out of Syria has angered many pro-war Zionists who were expecting the US to maintain its illegal occupation of northeastern Syria in order to prop-up the shaky Kurdish ethno-state project which Israel sees as its long-term strategic footholds in both Iraq and Syria, but also to justify the existence of Israel’s own European settler state in the Middle East.
Previously, Lebanese media reported that the Israeli military aircraft entered on Tuesday evening the airspace of southern Lebanon and carried out manoeuvres at a low altitude.
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According to Lebanon's national news agency (NNA), the Israeli aircraft carried out mock attacks on Lebanon's southern territories during a 10-minute period.
The Israeli war planes, in particular, conducted maoneuvres over the Lebanese cities of Nabatieh, Sidon and Tyre.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) then reported that the Lebanese airspace had been used for an airstrike on Damascus surroundings.
Sources: Sputnik, othernews
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