Iran condemns Israeli ‘criminal attack’ in Syria

Iran condemns Israeli “criminal attack” in Syria. At least seven people were killed Sunday night in Israeli strikes targeting military sites in central Syria. Benny Gantz believes that Israel has already delayed acting too long on its northern border. The Figaro takes stock of the situation this Monday, September 9.

Iran condemns Israeli ‘criminal attack’ in Syria

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned a “criminal attack” which he blamed on Israel, after strikes on central Syria which left at least 14 dead according to the official Syrian agency. “We strongly condemn this criminal attack by the Zionist regime on Syrian soil. We believe that it is high time that the supporters of the (Israeli) regime stop supporting and arming it.”said ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani.

At least 14 dead in Israeli strikes on central Syria

Fourteen people were killed and 43 others injured in a series of Israeli strikes overnight on the province of Hama, in central Syria, the official Sana news agency said on Monday.The number of martyrs resulting from the Israeli aggression on several sites in the vicinity of Mesyaf has risen to 14 and the injured are 43“, said the director of the hospital in this region, quoted by Sana. An NGO had reported seven deaths in a previous report.

The attack also destroyed military buildings and centers in the area housing scientific research centers towards Masyaf, “where pro-Iranian groups and weapons development experts are present”added the NGO, which specified that 13 “violent explosions” had sounded. A fervent ally of President Bashar al-Assad, Tehran has “military advisers” in Syria.

Benny Gantz says Israel has already waited too long to act on its northern border

Former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said in Washington on Sunday that it was time for Israel to address the situation in the north of the country against Lebanese Hezbollah and called upon to confront Iran. “The Northern hour has come and, in fact, I think we are behind on this point”said Benny Gantz, who was participating in a Middle East Discussion Forum (MEAD) in the American capital, judging that Israel had “made a mistake” by evacuating as many people from the north of the country after the Hamas attack on October 7.

Thousands of Israelis have been forced to flee the north, while since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been exchanging fire almost daily on the Israeli-Lebanese border. The pro-Iranian Lebanese Islamist movement claims to be supporting its ally Hamas and the Palestinians in Gaza.

Three Israeli security guards killed in attack at Jordan crossing

Three Israeli security guards were killed Sunday when a truck driver opened fire at the Israeli-controlled crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, the Israeli military said, as it continues its relentless offensive against Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack occurred at the Allenby crossing, the only access to the outside world for Palestinians in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.

Its author was “a Jordanian citizen” identified as Maher Diab Hussein Al-Jazi, the Jordanian Interior Ministry said. He was transporting goods from Jordan to the West Bank, the source said. According to the Israeli military, “The terrorist approached the Allenby Bridge area from Jordan in a truck, got out and opened fire on Israeli security forces operating on the bridge.”.

Gaza: Civil Defense reports 40 dead, 60 injured in attack on humanitarian zone

The Gaza Civil Defense reported on Monday night that 40 people were killed in an Israeli attack on the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone in Khan Younis. Israel claims to have targeted a “command center” Hamas. An Israeli army plane has “hit senior Hamas terrorists operating from a command and control center within the Khan Younis humanitarian zone”the Israeli army said. A spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense told AFP that “40 martyrs and 60 wounded”.