On the evening of October 14, the IDF launched an air strike on Aleppo airport, Syria, resulting in the airport being disabled.
“The Israeli enemy launched an air attack on Aleppo International Airport from the Mediterranean to the west of Latakia, causing material damage and rendering the airport unusable.”
– The agency quotes the statement of the Syrian Ministry of Defense Reuters.
The ministry said the latest attack “confirms the murderous approach of the Israeli occupation” and that the IDF is committing “crimes against the Palestinian people.”
5 people were injured in Israel’s air strike on Aleppo airport in Syria. reported The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not specify whether these people were military or civilians.
Aleppo airport was out of service for several days and only resumed sending and receiving flights on October 14, a few hours before the new attack. Damascus airport has been closed since the last attack.
Deliveries from Iran
The IDF announced that the attack on Syria was in response to missiles launched from the territory of the Arab Republic on October 14.
The Israel Defense Forces emphasized that “following the message about the sirens, two rockets were fired from Syria towards Israeli territory and fell in an open area,” adding that interceptors were not used this time, although the protocol required it.
According to Reuters sources, attacks are being made on airports in order to disrupt Iran’s arms supply lines to Syria. Western media had previously written that Iran would probably deliver weapons to Syria by air, and that these weapons would then go to Hezbollah militants.
Joshua Zarka, Head of the Strategic Affairs Department of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, directly today accused Iran is trying to open a second front by placing weapons on Syrian territory.
Previous attacks
12 October Israel hit At Damascus and Aleppo airports, both airports immediately suspended the acceptance and departure of flights. The runways came under fire.
The attacks took place a day before Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian’s planned visit to Syria. was threatened Israel is opening new fronts and holding an emergency meeting of foreign ministers of Islamic countries. The diplomat was in Baghdad on the day of the attack.
State news agency SANA quoted a Syrian military source as saying the “barrage of rockets” hit two airports simultaneously “to divert the world’s attention from Israel’s war with Hamas militants.”
Oppression Israel Hayom He claims that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office prohibited officials from commenting on information about the airstrikes.
Israel has been targeting targets in Syria for years that it believes are linked to Iran, including airports. The IDF also attacked Lebanese Hezbollah and Syrian army positions.