Israeli aircraft on Saturday struck Iranian forces near Damascus that had been planning to launch \u201ckiller drones\u201d at targets in Israel, an Israeli military spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe strike targeted Iranian Quds Force operatives and Shiite militias which were preparing to advance attack plans targeting sites in Israel from within Syria over the last number of days,\u201d the military said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The elite Quds Force is the overseas arm of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards. Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus told reporters the forces on Thursday had been preparing to launch \u201ckiller drones\u201d armed with explosives at northern Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Syrian army said in a statement that \u201cthe majority of the Israeli missiles were destroyed before reaching their targets.\u201d Conricus, however, said the impact of the Israeli strikes was \u201csignificant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel says it has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria against Iranian targets trying to establish a permanent military presence there and against advanced weapon shipments to Tehran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran and Hezbollah are helping President Bashar al-Assad in the eight-year Syria war. Russia, which is also aiding Assad, has largely turned a blind eye to the Israeli air strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Thursday, Netanyahu hinted of possible Israeli involvement in a series of blasts in the past few weeks that have hit weapon depots and bases belonging to paramilitary groups in Iraq, many of them backed by Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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