NOTE: The featured airstrike picture is unrelated to tonight’s airstrike.
Israeli Airstrikes over Damascus Confirmed
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Syrian military source said the Israeli Air Force violated the Syrian airspace on Thursday around midnight and struck the positions of the Syrian pro-government forces near the Damascus International Airport.
“The Israeli jet hauled through the Southern outskirts of Damascus and targeted strongholds of the Syrian government’s popular allies,” the source said.
“A commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement, Mustafah Badreddin, was reportedly killed in attack,” the sources confirmed.
Also in December, a military source from the Syrian Air Defense said that the Israeli Air Force did indeed violate Syrian airspace to strike the 155th Brigade’s Headquarters (also known as the “Missile Base”) for the second time in 2015.
According to the military source, the Israeli warplane struck the 155th Brigade’s Headquarters in the Northern Damascus countryside, inflicting very little damage as it hit an abandoned warehouse outside of the base’s main command center.
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Breaking: Israel kills Hezbollah commander in airstrike over Damascus
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Around midnight Damascus time, an Israeli jet hauled through the southern outskirts of Damascus and struck an Hezbollah unit near the Damascus International Airport.
During the airstrike, Hezbollah commander Mustafah Badr Al-Deen (Mustafa Badreddine) was killed in a pinpoint target attack. His death has been confirmed by a military source in Damascus.
His death has been confirmed by a military source in Damascus.
A rare picture of him can be seen here:
Furthermore, two paramilitary Iranian commanders were reportedly killed.
Mustafah Badr Al-Deen has maintained a largely underground presence but is considered one of the most high ranking military commanders in Hezbollah.
In December 2015, a similar Israeli airstrike killed another senior Hezbollah commander in the countryside of Damascus; namely Samir Kuntar.
It is not known how the Israeli jet entered Syrian airspace this time nor why the Syrian anti-aircraft units of Damascus were unable to respond.
It is also unknown how the Israeli intelligence obtained his exact position, although an informant is presumed to have revealed his coordinates.
NOTE: The featured airstrike picture is unrelated to tonight’s airstrike.
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