The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted a Syrian military outpost overnight on Monday; Israeli soldiers reportedly entered the outpost and planted the explosives; The site was believed to be used by other Iranian-backed groups.
Soldiers representing the IDF infiltrated a Syrian military outpost overnight on Monday, planted explosives, and vacated the premises prior to coming destruction of the base. The targeting of the base came after the Syrian military established the outpost inside the Israeli portion of the buffer zone separating the two countries. It was early in the morning on Tuesday that the mission took place.
Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said that the IDF โdestroyed a forward observation post of the Syrian army that was set up in an Israeli area west of the Alfa line in the Golan Heights.โ Additionally, he reiterated that the IDF would not overlook any attempt of those seeking to โviolate the sovereigntyโ of Israel.
The base was believed to be used by other anti-Israel, pro-Iranian militia groups like Hezbollah. According to a report cited byย The Times of Israel, the IDF chose a ground operation to make it clear to Syria that Israeli sovereignty is not to be contested with.
HD Editors Note:ย Why Is This News Biblically Relevant?
Iran has increasingly been advancing those efforts by way of Syria, using the war-torn country to house weaponry to attack the Jewish State, which has resulted in multiple Israeli strikes.
In Isaiah 17, we are told that in the last days, Damascus, the capital city of Syria, will be completely destroyed. Although we are not told how this will happen or by whom, Syria has become a hotbed of activity in the Middle East that those familiar with Bible Prophecy have been watching very closely.
Isaiah 17:1 KJV โ โThe burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.โ
Damascusโs destruction could also be a catalyst to the Ezekiel 38-39 war in-which Russia, Iran, Turkey, and others come together from the north, with weaponry supplied by Russia, to attack the Jewish state.
