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| Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria - military | Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria - military |
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| Israel's military says it has started hitting Iranian targets in Syria. | Israel's military says it has started hitting Iranian targets in Syria. |
| The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its operation is against the Quds Force - elite units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its operation is against the Quds Force - elite units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. |
| It provided no details. But there are reports of strikes around the Syrian capital Damascus early on Monday. | It provided no details. But there are reports of strikes around the Syrian capital Damascus early on Monday. |
| Syrian media say air defences have repelled "an Israeli aerial attack". On Sunday the IDF said it had intercepted a rocket over the Golan Heights. | Syrian media say air defences have repelled "an Israeli aerial attack". On Sunday the IDF said it had intercepted a rocket over the Golan Heights. |
| What do we know about the operation? | What do we know about the operation? |
| The IDF announced the start of its operation in a tweet early on Monday. | The IDF announced the start of its operation in a tweet early on Monday. |
| Syria's state-run Sana news agency quoted a military source as saying that the country's air defences shot down most of "hostile missiles". | |
| The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Israeli rockets were targeting "the vicinity of the capital Damascus". | The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Israeli rockets were targeting "the vicinity of the capital Damascus". |
| Witnesses in Damascus spoke of hearing loud explosions in the night sky. | |
| The SOHR later said the Israeli missiles destroyed weapons depots and military posts belonging to Iran and the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement. | |
| The SOHR also said there had been fatalities. | |
| Netanyahu's warning | Netanyahu's warning |
| The operation comes after Israeli said that "a rocket was fired at the northern Golan Heights and was intercepted by the Iron Dome Aerial Defence System". | The operation comes after Israeli said that "a rocket was fired at the northern Golan Heights and was intercepted by the Iron Dome Aerial Defence System". |
| The popular winter tourist site on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights was closed as a result. | The popular winter tourist site on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights was closed as a result. |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning during his visit to Chad on Sunday. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning during his visit to Chad on Sunday. |
| "We have a set policy, to target the Iranian entrenchment in Syria, and to harm whoever tried to harm us," he said. | "We have a set policy, to target the Iranian entrenchment in Syria, and to harm whoever tried to harm us," he said. |
| Israel rarely admits carrying out attacks on targets inside Syria. | Israel rarely admits carrying out attacks on targets inside Syria. |
| But in May 2018, Israel said it had struck almost all of Iran's military infrastructure there in its such biggest assault since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011. | But in May 2018, Israel said it had struck almost all of Iran's military infrastructure there in its such biggest assault since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011. |