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[LI] Israel’s i24NEWS TV channel: "The facility is believed by experts to develop ballistic missiles and supply equipment to Hezbollah." Israeli special forces carried out a daring raid on an Iranian missile facility in central Syria, Israeli media outlets reported Thursday, citing Middle East security expert Eva J. Koulouriotis.
"Israeli ground forces targeted an Iranian missile production facility in Syria during a strike this week attributed to Israel, according to Middle East expert Eva J. Koulouriotis, who specializes in jihadist groups and cited a security source," the Jerusalem Post reported Thursday.
The Iranian-run missile and chemical weapons production site, operated by the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was located in the Syrian province of Hama — a few hundred miles from the Israeli border.
The alleged IDF raid, which apparently took place on Sunday night, hit a "research center in Masyaf, which has long been associated with the manufacture of chemical weapons and precision missiles by the Syrian regime and Iranian forces," The Times of Israel reported quoting Syrian sources.
Earlier this week, a Western news outlet reported ’several waves’ of alleged Israeli airstrikes in central Syria. They did not mention any ground operations by the Israeli troops during the aerial strikes.
Wild story: Ground forces from #Israel targeted an #Iran missile production facility in #Syria. Israeli special forces successfully entered the facility, removed key equipment and documents, rigged the site with explosives, and destroyed it, all while withdrawing under air cover.... pic.twitter.com/6mMv7hwzfJ
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) September 12, 2024