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<\/i>\nA scene after an Israeli air strike on a Syrian naval base. (AFP)<\/p>\n
After the fall of the Assad government in Syria, the Israeli military launched a rare large-scale attack on military targets across Syria. U. S. media described, \u201cSyria’s naval and Air Force has basically ceased to exist.\u201d.<\/p>\n
(CNN) — the Israeli military said Thursday that it had carried out about 480 attacks across the country in the past two days, destroying most of the country’s strategic weapons CNN. Katz, the Israeli Defence Minister, said the Israeli Navy had destroyed the Syrian fleet overnight and praised the operation as a \u201cTremendous success\u201d. The report said that of the 480 attacks launched by the Israeli Air Force, about 350 were carried out by manned warplanes, targets are airports, anti-aircraft positions, missiles, drones, fighter aircraft, tanks and weapons production sites in Damascus, Holmes, Tartus, Latakia and Palmyra. The Israel Defense Forces said the rest of the attacks were in support of Israeli ground forces’ attacks on Syrian weapons depots, military buildings and artillery positions.<\/p>\n
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\nA scene after an Israeli air strike on a Syrian naval base. (AFP)<\/p>\n
According to reports, the top of the list of Israeli air strikes is the Syrian strategic missile forces. Syria was previously armed with thousands of medium-and short-range ballistic missiles, including the full range of Israel’s\u201cScud\u201d series of ballistic missiles. Although their performance is not advanced, the\u201cIron Dome\u201d system, which is heavily equipped by the Israeli military, can not intercept such ballistic missiles, only a limited number of \u201cDavy slings\u201d and \u201cArrow-23\u201d antimissile systems are available. Given the limited size of Israel’s territory, these ballistic missiles could still pose a significant threat to Israel if they were launched centrally. Gideon Sarre, the Israeli foreign minister, admitted that \u201cIsrael is bombing Syrian military facilities that store chemical weapons and long-range missiles to prevent them from falling into the hands of extremists\u201d. Israeli\u201cJerusalem Post\u201d said on the 11th that hundreds of Syrian\u201cScud\u201d ballistic missiles and thousands of rockets were destroyed in an Israeli air strike, \u201cThe Syrian scientific research centre in Damascus, which is the centre for missile and rocket research and production in Syria, also ceased to exist during the air strikes.\u201d.<\/p>\n
Israel has also long feared Syria’s anti-aircraft missile force. \u201cJerusalem Post\u201d mentioned that Syria is equipped with more than 100 sets of\u201cSam\u201d series and S-300 Air Defense missile systems, mobile deployment of\u201cBeech\u201d and\u201cArmor\u201d series of air defense systems. The SAM -5 air defense system also shot down an Israeli F -16 I fighter jet in 2021. But in the recent Israeli air strikes, these air defense systems, as well as supporting radar devices, electronic warfare systems are no longer operational.<\/p>\n
Reuters said the Israeli military launched the morning of 10\u201cThe most violent air strikes so far,\u201d attacked military facilities and air bases across Syria, destroyed dozens of helicopters and jets. (CNN) — Syrian military helicopters have been destroyed at M\u00e9zel Air Base, southwest of Damascus, CNN reported. The US\u201cDefense Blog\u201d website revealed that the Halehara Air Force Base in Suveda Province, where the most elite Syrian Air Force is stationed, was hit with a devastating blow. Preliminary assessment showed that, the \u201cTotal destruction\u201d of the MiG-29 deployed here represents the loss of all available Syrian Mig-29. There are also parts of older MiG-21, Mig-23 and su-22s, much of which were destroyed by the Israeli army when only half were operational.<\/p>\n
Worse still is the Syrian Navy. Defence Secretary Katz confirmed that the Israeli Navy had launched an anti-ship missile attack on the Syrian naval base at Latakia, \u201cWhich destroyed the Syrian fleet\u201d, according to the us-based power website. At least six soviet-era OSSA II-class missile boats, \u201cThe most powerful surface vessel in active service in Syria,\u201d sank in the harbor, according to photographs taken at the scene. Other smaller vessels were also trapped in the Israeli attack and port infrastructure was severely damaged, according to available photographs. The Israeli military said that on the evening of 9, the Israeli Navy missile boat launched a raid on the Gulf of Minette Beida and the port of Latakia in Syria, destroying 15 docked Syrian ships and dozens of anti-ship missiles.<\/p>\n
The Israeli military estimates that 70% to 80% of Syria’s strategic military assets have been destroyed in attacks since the evening of July. The Jerusalem Post said it would take about $1 billion and more than a decade for Syria to rebuild its air defense capabilities, including missile stockpiles, spare parts and personnel training. Notably, Israel also announced the deployment of ground troops to establish a\u201cSafe zone\u201d in southern Syria\u201cOutside the buffer zone\u201d, free of\u201cHeavy strategic weapons and terrorist infrastructure\u201d.<\/p>\n
In response to large-scale Israeli air strikes against military targets in Syria, the UN secretary-general’s spokesman said: \u201cWe categorically oppose any violation of the territorial integrity of Syria. . . we oppose such attacks.\u201d The United Nations continues to treat Golan Heights as occupied territory, and Israeli occupation of the buffer zone is a violation of the disengagement agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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