Israel on Sunday attacked the airports in Damascus and Aleppo amid real concern that forces and precision weaponry from Iran and Iraq were set to arrive and be deployed in Syria and Lebanon. The coordinated attacks caused damage to runways and put both airports out of commission.
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The Lebanese Al Mayadeen network said Aleppo was struck by four missiles and in Damascus at least one man was killed and another wounded. The amount of munitions used in the strikes exceeded the amount used against 100 Hamas targets in Gaza in overnight bombing raids.
It was the second time that Israel attacked the airports. Syrian media said a similar strike targeting a number of areas simultaneously, was carried out by Israel 10 days prior, against transports of advanced weapons to Lebanon. The UK-based Observatory for Human Rights, a Syria opposition group, said the airports had been rendered out of commission.
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IDF images of shelling a Hezbollah position in south Lebanon
(Photo: IDF Sokesperson)
A Syrian official then said Israel was attempting to distract from the crimes it was committing in Gaza and the casualties it had sustained by the Palestinian resistance. Another attack on Aleppo came two days later after projectiles fired in Syria, landed in the Golan Heights.