Arab Country Fires on Israeli Aircraft… So They Go Old Testament

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Given the tenuous situation across their border with Syria, Israel has kept an exceptionally close eye on developments in that nation’s ongoing civil war — particularly as it pertains to Iran‘s growing presence and how that bolsters the strength of Iran’s proxy Hezbollah — which at times has merited limited intervention.

According to the Israeli news outlet Haaretz, another instance of Israeli intervention in Syria is thought to have occurred in the early morning hours of Friday, with Israeli aircraft reportedly launching a strike on a location near the Damascus International Airport.

Those strike was believed to be in response to unconfirmed reports that a Syrian aerial defense position had fired a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli aircraft, though it was unclear if that aircraft had been hit, or if had been an actual jet or an unmanned drone.

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Regardless, the rules of warfare in the neighborhood haven’t changed since the days of the Old Testament: “An eye for an eye” required a weaponized Israeli response.

The Jerusalem Post shared mixed reports from the various Arab media outlets, which claimed a number of explosions had occurred at what was described as a weapons depot near the Syrian airport.

That cache was said to belong to Hezbollah, and had purportedly been targeted by an Israeli drone. The drone, in turn, drew the anti-aircraft fire, though none of the various reports or even the sequence of events had been independently verified.

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According to The U.K. Guardian, this probable attack on an Iranian-supplied Hezbollah weapons depot is the third such strike in as many weeks by Israeli aircraft.

Israel has stated clearly and repeatedly that it will not stand idly by and watch as Iran arms and equips Hezbollah. Both Iran, the terrorist state, and Hezbollah, the terrorist group, have sworn to utterly destroy and wipe Israel off the map.

Just days earlier it had been reported that Israeli air defense forces had shot down an Iranian-made drone that was being operated by a Hezbollah unit in the border region of the Golan Heights.

That incident occurred a mere week after Israeli aircraft fired missiles at what was believed to be a chemical weapons production facility near Damascus.

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To be sure, Israel has neither confirmed nor denied any of the reports of its forces launching strikes into Syria, and while Arab media isn’t exactly known for their unbiased truthiness, the preponderance of reports on these latest airstrikes would seem to indicate that they quite likely occurred.

And they seem just as likely to continue.

H/T Zero Hedge

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