Referring to Iran's promises to respond to the alleged attack by Israel on a T-4 basis a few weeks ago, Yadlin expressed that the purpose of last night's attack should be investigated: "We have to investigate whether the attack came in response to weapon transfers to Hezbollah, to Iranian infrastructure being built in Syria or whether there was intelligence about Tehran's possible response and a decision was made to thwart it."According to Yadlin, the Iranians are determined to establish themselves in Syria and the Israeli side is determined to prevent this. "It's no secret that the Iranians have unfinished business with us. In their view, we are responsible for the previous attack, and now before they were even able to respond - there was another attack," he explained.Photos posted by Israeli media show the sites attacked in Syria on Sunday night, specifically a structure in the village of al-Malkiya near Aleppo.Giant explosion in #Syria, measuring over 2 on the Richter scale, which local press are reporting as an Israeli air strike on the 47th military brigade compound in South #Hama, picked up on earth quake monitors in Lebanon and Turkey. Image from local press https://t.co/gAiBNFhSVK pic.twitter.com/xBmvADHDpw
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Being asked about reports of a high number of fatalities, the former head military intelligence emphasized that the important question was whether the were Syrians or Iranians. "If the casualties were Syrians, they would simply be another addition to the half million people already killed in the civil war to this day. If they are Iranians, it will be added to the unfinished business they have with us, and then the month of May will be very volatile."The military base attacked on Sunday night was near the city of Hama in the Homs district, where the 47th Brigade of the Assad army is located. The Assad regime pointed the finger at Israel and claimed that the Israeli air force was responsible for the attack. The 47th Brigade is composed of Iranian forces and Hezbollah forces.Others sources talked about an exchange of fire between the Assad army and rebel forces in the Homs district, and the opposition forces claim that 38 Syrian army officers and soldiers were killed and 57 others injured in the fighting.Translated by Juliane Helmhold.התקיפה בסוריה | סוכנות הידיעות "U-News" מפרסמת תמונות ראשונות מהאתרים שהופצצו הלילה בסוריה. מדובר במבנה בכפר אל-מאלכיה השוכן בקרבת שדה"ת חלב (אור גרשוני) pic.twitter.com/gvi4sTk8Eh
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