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"The octopus' head must be weakened and worn down, in order to injure its tentacles," Bennett said, repeating a favorite underwater metaphor.

The raid Killed 7 Iranian and Syrian officers.

Airstrikes by unidentified forces were carried out late Thursday night in the area of Damascus International Airport, allegedly targeting ammunition and weapons depots belonging...

Iran was reacting to DM Bennett's statement: "When an octopus' tentacles hit you, don't just fight back against those arms, but strangle the head as well."

Israel is now targeting not only Iran’s proxy forces but also the regime itself, via “economic, diplomatic and intelligence measures, as well as with military means,” says Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.

The plane was diverted to the Russian airbase in Khmeimim, south-east of the city of Latakia, some 250 miles from Damascus by road.

There was also a bombing of air defense batteries and weapons and ammunition depots at an agricultural airport south of Izraa.

Israel and especially the Golan have had a whole lot of rain in January, but for the Coprinus mushroom (דיואית) this is actually the end of the season.

“Rebels tried to attack Khmeimim Air Base with drones on January 19. The air defenses in the base destroyed the targets. No damage was caused.”

The Israeli Air Force last attacked T4 on February 10, 2018, destroying the main observation tower.

Intelligence from Israel helped confirm the details of Solemani's location.

SANA on Sunday reported that the "Dean of the Syrian and Arab captives in the Israeli occupation jails Sedqi al-Maqat" sent a cable of condolences from inside his prison on the "martyrdom of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani."

The target was reportedly a quantity of recently-transferred rockets and ballistic missiles, as well as engineering equipment.

There were also unconfirmed reports that Iranian-backed militia groups were evacuating bases as far north in Syria as Aleppo.

The shelling targeted an Iranian militia headquarters in Al-Jam’eyyat neighborhood of Al-Bukamal city, and other areas in the countryside as well.

In accordance with Israel's national policy, the Israel Defense Force declined to comment on the reports.

Last week, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said: "The more Iran tries to build on Syrian soil, the deeper it will sink into the Syrian sands."

Geula Cohen, brave woman, you were right and so many of us were dead wrong. Which is why so many of us are dead, before our time.

According to Israeli firm ImageSat International, the tunnel could serve as secure storage for advanced weapons or other sensitive material.

The assistance authorizes cooperation with Israel on counter-tunnel and counter-aerial capabilities, and $500 million for developing and procuring the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems.

The strikes targeted “positions of Iranian forces and allied militias” on the edge of the city, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Unidentified aircraft fired missiles at the warehouse, located at the al-Hamdan airport outside Deir ez-Zor.

"It is our intention to remain in that position working with our SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) partners to continue operations against ISIS."

Watch Syrian missile after missile simple turn over and hit the ground.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a statement after the attack, saying: "I made it clear that whoever hurts us – we will hurt him."

On Tuesday, Bogdanov attended a meeting in Moscow with Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat on the Iranian presence in Syria.

The report mentioned that Hezbollah and Iranian militias are active in the area that was attacked.

Satellite imagery released some three weeks ago suggest the Imam Ali compound is intended to be used for training Shiite militias.

Following the attack, there are no special alerts for Golan Heights residents this morning.

The attack in Damascus coincided with a Tuesday morning IDF attack in Gaza that killed another Islamic Jihad leader, Baha Abu Al-Ata