{"id":5445,"date":"2023-04-02T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5445"},"modified":"2023-04-02T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T16:14:11","slug":"israeli-attack-in-syrias-homs-province-wound-5-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/israeli-attack-in-syrias-homs-province-wound-5-soldiers\/2023\/04\/02\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli attack in Syria\u2019s Homs province wound 5 soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIRUT<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> Israeli<\/span> airstrikes<\/span> hit<\/span> several<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> Syria’s<\/span> Homs<\/span> province<\/span> early<\/span> Sunday<\/span> morning,<\/span> injuring<\/span> five<\/span> soldiers,<\/span> Syrian<\/span> state<\/span> media<\/span> reported.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> Iran,<\/span> state<\/span> media<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> an<\/span> Iranian<\/span> adviser<\/span> who<\/span> was<\/span> wounded<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> Israeli<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> died<\/span> from<\/span> his<\/span> injuries.<\/span> Advocate<\/span> and<\/span> adviser<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> early<\/span> days<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> war.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sunday’s<\/span> strike<\/span> marked<\/span> the<\/span> ninth<\/span> time<\/span> Israel<\/span> has<\/span> struck<\/span> targets<\/span> in<\/span> Syria<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> beginning<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> year,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Syrian<\/span> Observatory<\/span> for<\/span> Human<\/span> Rights,<\/span> an<\/span> opposition<\/span> war<\/span> watchdog.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>State<\/span> news<\/span> agency<\/span> SANA,<\/span> citing<\/span> military<\/span> sources,<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> was<\/span> aimed<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Homs<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> surrounding<\/span> countryside.<\/span> Syrian<\/span> air<\/span> defenses<\/span> intercepted<\/span> the<\/span> missiles<\/span> and<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> them,<\/span> the<\/span> report<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Observatory<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> missiles<\/span> targeted<\/span> Syrian<\/span> military<\/span> installations<\/span> and<\/span> Iranian-affiliated<\/span> militia<\/span> installations,<\/span> including<\/span> a<\/span> research<\/span> center.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>There<\/span> was<\/span> no<\/span> immediate<\/span> comment<\/span> from<\/span> Israel<\/span> regarding<\/span> the<\/span> strike.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Israeli<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Benjamin<\/span> Netanyahu<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> directly<\/span> mention<\/span> the<\/span> strike<\/span> at<\/span> Sunday’s<\/span> ministerial<\/span> meeting,<\/span> but<\/span> said<\/span> Israel<\/span> is<\/span> acting<\/span> against<\/span> foreign<\/span> threats.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Netanyahu<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> major<\/span> domestic<\/span> crisis<\/span> over<\/span> his<\/span> government’s<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> reform<\/span> the<\/span> judicial<\/span> system<\/span> has<\/span> not<\/span> affected<\/span> Israel’s<\/span> ability<\/span> to<\/span> strike.<\/span> “Israel’s<\/span> civil<\/span> war<\/span> will<\/span> not<\/span> undermine<\/span> our<\/span> determination,<\/span> intensity<\/span> and<\/span> ability<\/span> to<\/span> act<\/span> against<\/span> our<\/span> enemies<\/span> anywhere,<\/span> anytime<\/span> and<\/span> on<\/span> all<\/span> fronts,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Reserves<\/span> have<\/span> vowed<\/span> not<\/span> to<\/span> show<\/span> up<\/span> for<\/span> duty<\/span> while<\/span> the<\/span> overhaul<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> progress,<\/span> prompting<\/span> military<\/span> and<\/span> defense<\/span> officials<\/span> to<\/span> warn<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> damage<\/span> to<\/span> military<\/span> capabilities.<\/span> Netanyahu<\/span> has<\/span> paused<\/span> overhauls<\/span> for<\/span> now.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Israel<\/span> has<\/span> carried<\/span> out<\/span> hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> attacks<\/span> against<\/span> government-controlled<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> Syria<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> years,<\/span> including<\/span> attacks<\/span> on<\/span> Damascus<\/span> and<\/span> Aleppo<\/span> airports,<\/span> but<\/span> rarely<\/span> acknowledges<\/span> specific<\/span> operations.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Israel<\/span> says<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> targeting<\/span> bases<\/span> of<\/span> militant<\/span> groups<\/span> allied<\/span> with<\/span> Iran,<\/span> including<\/span> Lebanon’s<\/span> Hezbollah,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> sent<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> fighters<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> Assad’s<\/span> forces.<\/span> An<\/span> Israeli<\/span> airstrike<\/span> hit<\/span> a<\/span> suburb<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Syrian<\/span> capital<\/span> Damascus<\/span> on<\/span> Friday,<\/span> killing<\/span> an<\/span> Iranian<\/span> adviser,<\/span> Syrian-Iranian<\/span> state<\/span> media<\/span> reported.<\/span> Iranian<\/span> state<\/span> television<\/span> reported<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> Iranian<\/span> military<\/span> adviser<\/span> Milad<\/span> Heydari<\/span> was<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> “criminal<\/span> attack”<\/span> by<\/span> Israel.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Iranian<\/span> state<\/span> media<\/span> reported<\/span> Sunday<\/span> that<\/span> another<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> IRGC<\/span> advisers,<\/span> injured<\/span> in<\/span> Friday’s<\/span> strike,<\/span> succumbed<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> wounds.<\/span> Iranian<\/span> state<\/span> television<\/span> identified<\/span> the<\/span> adviser<\/span> as<\/span> Megdad<\/span> Maghani,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> his<\/span> funeral<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> held<\/span> in<\/span> Damascus<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>It<\/span> was<\/span> closed<\/span> for<\/span> two<\/span> days<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> Israeli<\/span> airstrikes<\/span> at<\/span> Aleppo<\/span> airport<\/span> last<\/span> month.<\/span> The<\/span> airport<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> a<\/span> major<\/span> transit<\/span> route<\/span> for<\/span> relief<\/span> supplies<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> magnitude<\/span> 7.8<\/span> earthquake<\/span> that<\/span> struck<\/span> Syria<\/span> and<\/span> Turkey<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 6.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Israel<\/span> has<\/span> also<\/span> attacked<\/span> government-held<\/span> regional<\/span> ports<\/span> in<\/span> Syria<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> apparent<\/span> attempt<\/span> to<\/span> block<\/span> Iranian<\/span> arms<\/span> shipments<\/span> to<\/span> Tehran-backed<\/span> militant<\/span> groups,<\/span> including<\/span> Hezbollah.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BEIRUT (AP) – Israeli airstrikes hit several parts of Syria’s Homs province early Sunday morning, injuring five soldiers, Syrian state media reported. In Iran, state media reported that an Iranian adviser who was wounded in an Israeli attack on Friday died from his injuries. Advocate and adviser since the early days of the war. Sunday’s […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,276,280],"tags":[1732,3167,1733,3168,1737,3169,1743,3170,1964,3171,3156,3172,3157,3158,3159,3160,3161,3162,3163,253,3164,646,3165,1713,3166],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1000-1.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5447,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445\/revisions\/5447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}