Defense Minister Israel Katz posts on social media that Israeli troops are fighting “day and night” across fronts, following Syrian reports of an Israeli commando helicopter raid southwest of Damascus.
“Our forces are operating on all battle fronts day and night for the security of Israel,” Katz posts on X.
He does not indicate what he is referring to, but Syrian army sources said Wednesday that a unit of the Israeli army conducted an airborne landing on a strategic hilltop southwest of Damascus and carried out a two-hour operation before leaving the area.
They said the troops landed near Jabal Manea, which was once a major air defense base operated by Iran prior to the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s rule, before it was destroyed by Israel.
A number of troops from the new Syrian army are positioned at the base.
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