The Israeli military said it targeted Syrian antiaircraft batteries, missile depots, manufacturing facilities, drones, helicopters, fighter jets, tanks, hangars, radars and 15 naval vessels.
Standing some 40 feet from the charred remains of the Syrian air force helicopter, Ahmad Abu Leyl, a young rebel fighter, cocked his ear, listening for the characteristic buzzing of an Israeli drone overhead. “I don’t want to get closer,' he said. 'They might hit this place again if they see we’re near.” Then he climbed on his motorcycle, gunned the engine and sped away.
The moves sparked a wave of opprobrium from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which accused Israel of attacking Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Gair O. Pedersen, the United Nations special envoy to Syria, also decried Israel’s actions, saying they needed to stop. The Biden administration, which has done little over the last year to constrain Israel’s military actions in the region, said it hoped the incursions into the Golan Heights were temporary.
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