BEIRUT, 2 Apr: Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in Syria\u2019s Homs province early Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported.
\nIn Iran, state media reported that an Iranian adviser who was wounded in an Israeli strike on Friday died of his wounds. Since the start of Syria\u2019s conflict in March 2011, Iran has been a main supporter of President Bashar Assad\u2019s government and has sent advisers since the early days of the war.
\nSunday\u2019s strike marked the ninth time Israel has struck targets in Syria since the beginning of the year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-linked war monitor.
\nState news agency SANA, citing military sources, said the strikes targeted sites in the city of Homs and surrounding countryside. Syrian air defenses intercepted the missiles and shot down some of them, it said.
\nThe observatory reported that the missiles targeted Syrian military sites and those of Iran-linked militias, including a research center. There was no immediate statement from Israel on the strikes.
\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not directly mention the strikes at a meeting of his Cabinet on Sunday, but said Israel was acting against foreign threats.
\n\u201cWe are exacting a high price from the regimes that support terror outside Israel\u2019s borders,\u201d he said.
\nNetanyahu said that a major domestic crisis over his government\u2019s plan to overhaul the judiciary has not affected Israel\u2019s ability to strike.
\n\u201cThe internal argument in Israel doesn\u2019t harm and won\u2019t harm our determination or intensity or our capabilities to act against our enemies on all fronts, in any place and at any time necessary,\u201d he said.
\nReservists have pledged not to show up for duty so long as the overhaul moves forward, prompting military and defense officials to warn of damage to the military\u2019s capabilities. Netanyahu has paused the overhaul for now.
\nIsrael has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, including attacks on the Damascus and Aleppo airports, but it rarely acknowledges specific operations.
\nIsrael says it targets bases of Iran-allied militant groups, such as Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of fighters to support Assad\u2019s forces.
\nOn Friday, Israeli airstrikes hit the suburbs of Syria\u2019s capital city, Damascus, killing an Iranian adviser, the state media of Syria and Iran reported. Iran\u2019s state television reported Friday that Milad Heidari, an Iranian military adviser, was killed during what it called a \u201ccriminal strike\u201d by Israel.
\nIranian sate media reported Sunday that another Revolutionary Guard adviser who was wounded in Friday\u2019s strike succumbed to his wounds. Iran\u2019s state TV identified the adviser as Meghdad Mahghani, adding that his funeral would be held Sunday in Damascus.
\nAn Israeli airstrike last month targeting the airport in Aleppo put it out of commission for two days. The airport has been a main conduit for aid shipments since the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on Feb. 6.
\nIsrael has also struck seaports in government-held areas of Syria, in an apparent attempt to prevent Iranian arms shipments to militant groups backed by Tehran, including Hezbollah. AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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