UPDATE ON THE SITUATION – Since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes targeting President Bashar al-Assad’s army and pro-Iranian groups based there that support him.
At least seven people were killed Sunday night in Israeli strikes targeting military sites in central Syria. Benny Gantz believes that Israel has already waited too long to act on its northern border. Three Israeli security guards killed in an attack at the crossing with Jordan. The Figaro takes stock of the situation this Monday, September 9.
At least seven dead in Israeli strikes on central Syria
At least seven people, including three Syrian civilians, were killed Sunday night in Israeli strikes targeting military sites in central Syria, including a scientific research center, an NGO said. Since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes targeting President Bashar al-Assad’s army and pro-Iranian groups based there and supporting him.
“The death toll in the Israeli strikes on the Masyaf region has risen to seven, namely three civilians, including a man and his son who were in a car, and four unidentified soldiers.”said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), which is based in the United Kingdom but has a vast network of sources in the war-torn country.
The attack, which injured 15 others, 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.
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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.”.
