Three American officials on Tuesday tell NBC News that Israel, using F-15 fighter jets, conducted the airstrike on an allegedly Iranian-controlled military base in northern Syria this week, in the latest bout of the increasingly public fight between Tehran and Jerusalem.
The unnamed US officials say the target of the strike was an incoming weapons shipment, including surface-to-air missiles, which was freshly delivered from Iran.
Casualty counts from the attack have varied, but most put the death toll at between 16 and 38, including many Iranians.
According to NBC, one senior US official says the Iran-Israel conflict is the most likely in the world to devolve into open clashes.
“On the list of the potentials for most likely live hostility around the world, the battle between Israel and Iran in Syria is at the top of the list right now,” the official says.
— Judah Ari Gross
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