Israel strikes at Iran in Syria

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At least 11 people died, including two civilians, when the Israeli military targeted Iranian weapons and military installations in Syria on Wednesday. The strikes damaged sites that belong to the Iranian Quds Force and the Syrian army, according to Israeli military spokesman Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee.

What spurred the strikes? Israel was retaliating for a Syrian rocket attack on Tuesday. The Israeli military said it intercepted the rockets over a ski resort in the Golan Heights. “I made it clear: Whoever harms us, we will harm them. That’s what we did tonight,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Wednesday.

Dig deeper: Read my report in The Sift on Israeli airstrikes earlier this month that killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza.

Onize Oduah

Onize is WORLD’s Africa reporter and deputy global desk chief. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and earned a journalism degree from Minnesota State University–Moorhead. Onize resides in Abuja, Nigeria.

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