'Hezbollah weapons warehouses were the target of Wednesday's Israeli airstrikes in Syria'
Arab media reports airstrikes that were attributed to Israel damaged military outposts on the outskirts of Damascus airport.
By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUAAn IAF F-15I fighter jet(photo credit: REUTERS)
The target of Israel's alleged airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday evening were Hezbollah weapons warehouses, Arab media affiliated with the opposition to Syrian Preisdent Basher Assad reported Thursday.Pro-Assad operatives on Facebook said that the strikes, adjacent to Damascus airport, struck "military outposts near the airport, and there is a high probability that it was IDF warplanes that struck."New portal 'Damascus Alan,' which is affiliated with the Assad regime, reported that heavy damage was caused to army outposts around the airport, all of which went up in flames. The site did not specify what damage was caused to the outposts, but they said that nobody was hurt.Syrian opposition activist Ahmed Yabrudi said: "Israeli warplanes entered from south Lebanon, arrived at Qalamoun and flew above the international airport in Damascus where they struck nearby military outposts."He added that "the Israeli planes remained in Syria's skies for a half hour, and there is no information about the outposts that were hit - except that they belonged to Hezbollah."Official Syrian media failed to report on the air strikes attributed to Israel.Israeli defense officials also declined to comment on the foreign media reports.However, Israel did previously announce a strict-policy of intolerance towards threats to the state, such as weapons transfers to Hezbollah in Lebanon.The last reported Israeli strike in Syria, on October 31, targeted numerous Hezbollah targets in Syria's south.In the October alleged attack, Syrian media reported that up to a dozen Israeli war planes conducted the mission close to the Lebanon-Syria border in the Qalamoun Mountains region. Estimated targets included a weapons convoy destined for Hezbollah fighters traveling through Syria.
The alleged attack on Wednesday night would be the second attributed to Israel since Russia began operating in the area.Israel has reportedly struck Hezbollah in Syria several times over the past year.Jpost.com staff and Noam Amir contributed to this report.