Damascus has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the General Assembly to condemn “the attacks of the Israeli occupation on Syrian sovereignty,” said the country’s official news agency.
In a letter sent to UN Secretary General António Guterres, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates alleged that Israel targeted “some points in the central region” at 8:23 PM on Friday.
The attack on the Masyaf area in Syria’s Hama countryside killed five and injured seven including a child, claimed state media, citing a military statement.
Missiles fired over the Mediterranean Sea from the direction of the west Banyas sparked fires in nearby forested areas and left some material damage, the military statement added.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry called for the UN Secretary General and the UNSC to issue a “clear condemnation” of the strikes and to demand that “the Israeli aggressor abide by the relevant Security Council resolutions and the provisions of the Separation of Forces Agreement signed in Geneva on May 31, 1974.”
“The Syrian Arab Republic hopes the United Nations General Secretariat and the Security Council to adopt a clear position on the Israeli attacks on Syrian sovereignty away from politicized considerations and calculations that contradict the well-established and clear legal and political position of the United Nations and its bodies toward the issue of the [so-called] Israeli occupation of the Occupied Syrian Arab territories,” said the statement.
Two anti-government sources and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the strikes targeted weapons depots belonging to forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is combatting insurgents in the Civil War that erupted in 2011.
While Syrian state TV did not specify whether the area hit was a military zone, the Britain-based SOHR [stated that] the airstrikes severely damaged Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) army bases.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit declined to either confirm or deny involvement in the morning’s reported strike.
For the past several years, Israel has allegedly mounted hundreds of attacks on Iranian-linked targets in Syria, where Islamic Republic-backed forces and proxy terror groups, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, have become entrenched in deployments aimed at attacking Israel in addition to assisting Assad battle anti-government fighters.
While the Jewish State rarely confirms such missions, the country’s political and defense leaders have repeatedly stated that Iran’s presence just over the northern frontier will not be tolerated.
According to a tally by the SOHR, so far this year, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has launched 12 attacks, destroyed 33 targets, and killed 28 Syrian and foreign soldiers.
HD Editor’s Note: Why Is This News Biblically Relevant?
Following the Israeli strike, Defense minister Benny Gantz vowed that Israel will continue to thwart Iran’s attempts to transfer weapons into boardering Syria.
“The State of Israel will continue to act against any enemy that threatens it and prevent the transfer of advanced capabilities from Iran that endanger the citizens of Israel and harm the stability of the entire region,” Gantz said Monday.
Iran has increasingly been advancing their 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.
As Behold Israel previously explained, “Biblically speaking, a day is coming where the city of Damascus is going to be decimated. The prophet Isaiah stated, “The burden against Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.” (Isaiah 17:1) As Iranian aggression continues to excel as they’re hellbent on the destruction of the Jewish state, which in return causes Israel to focus their military power on the city of Damascus, we can see the fulfillment of this prophecy more immanent than ever before.”
Damascus’s 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.
