The
Syrian Army is alleging that Israeli jets struck positions dozens of
times within Syria early Tuesday morning in the al-Qutayfa area east
of Damascus.
According
to a statement by Syria’s General Command, the Syrian government’s
air defenses not only intercepted all of the missiles Israel fired,
but it even managed to counter strike one of the Israeli jets, the
Jerusalem Post reports.
While
the strike is unconfirmed on the Israeli side, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the recent assault during a lunch with
NATO ambassadors in Jerusalem, according to the Post.
“We
have a long-standing policy to prevent the transfer of game-changing
weapons to Hezbollah from Syrian territory. This policy has not
changed. We back it up as necessary with action,” he said.
Israel
has hit Syrian territory over 100 times since the conflict began in
2011. It has also openly talked recently about bombing Lebanon. Each
of these conflict theaters is aimed at containing Iran’s expanding
influence.
All
of this begs the question: Why haven’t Iran, Syria, and/or
Hezbollah in Lebanon responded directly? Striking the territory of a
sovereign nation is not only an act of war, it is completely illegal
without authorization from the U.N. unless it has been done in
self-defense.
Is
it because Israel reportedly has well over 200 nukes all “pointed
at Iran,” and there is little Iran and its allies can do to take on
such a threat?
According
to the Guardian, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly
instructed both Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah not to
retaliate against Israeli strikes in Syria. The Guardian also notes
that Israeli media has claimed Putin even proposed a deal that would
prevent foreign powers from using Syria as a base for attacking a
neighboring state, a blatant reference to Iran.
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