Israel conducted strikes on Syria early Sunday, targeting a military compound and radar and artillery posts after six rockets were launched from the country toward Israel, briefly opening a new flash point as a domestic crisis simmers.
. “Fortunately today, we didn’t have to go in, because the people who were in there did not go there according to our intelligence to perpetrate violence,” he was quoted as saying.
Jordan had refused the request, warning of disastrous consequences if Israeli forces storm the mosque again. In a phone call Saturday with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the “provocations and threats” made against the status quo at al-Aqsa, according to a. Erdogan said Muslim worshipers should be allowed to conduct their prayer freely and urged a de-escalation in tension during the religious period, according to his office.
Against a tense regional backdrop, Ismail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, arrived in Damascus, Iranian state media reported Sunday.Israel’s government is facing crises on many fronts, as far-right officials denounced Netanyahu’s response to last week’s cross-border strikes and twin attacks on civilians and anti-government rallies decried his political agenda for the 14th straight week.
The Israeli military also launched airstrikes last week on what it said were Hamas-affiliated targets in Gaza and southern Lebanon after rockets were fired into Israeli airspace from both areas, wounding one civilian and damaging buildings. Ables reported from Seoul and Sands from London. Suzan Haidamous in Washington contributed to this report.
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