“The Israeli raid [...] was aimed at the environment of the investigation building,” said SANA, referring to a military facility that had already been the mark of earlier raids.
TV station Sham tv reported that military airfield in Hama, west of the country and T-4 Air Base close Palmira were besides attacked. The Israeli Army confirmed this information.
In fresh weeks, Israel has twice shelled the T-4 base, claiming that its goal is to destruct its “strategic military capabilities”, said the Times of Israel. The portal recalled reports of Turkey's interest in taking over this base to train the fresh Syrian army.
Israel has repeatedly attacked military installations in Syria in fresh years claiming that they were linked to Iran, which supports and defends the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah.
"Army will not let any threat to operating freedom"
On Monday Israel's Jerusalem Post, citing sources in safety services reported that the army attacked T4 to indicate that "it would not let any threat to operational freedom in the air."
The relations between Turkey and Israel deteriorated after the war in Gaza. Erdogan accused Israel of committing genocide, compared Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. Turkey besides introduced an embargo on trade with Israel.
Turkey supports the fresh Syrian authorities, which Israel considers to be a threat to its security. The Commission advising the Israeli government on strategical issues announced in January a informing study that Syria could become a Ankara-dependent state, which in turn could lead to the danger of "direct confrontation between Israel and Turkey".
The fresh decades for Israel have been marked by the danger of Iran and its allies; it may now be Turkey," wrote the paper Israel Hajom in February.
