However, despite appearances, the IDF continues to closely observe the threats—and to strike hard when the need arises. During a visit to the Syrian border on Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar stated, “We don’t know how and when the situation in Syria will stabilize.”
He stressed, “The activity of our forces at the border is important for the protection of our settlements and for preventing hostile elements from establishing themselves near the border.”
Late on Thursday, Israeli airstrikes reportedly hit weapons factories near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, according to Syrian media. The IDF has not yet commented on the report.
In what is apparently the latest in a series of strikes intended to systematically destroy all advanced weaponry across Syria, the alleged Israeli strikes destroyed a weapons factory belonging to the former Syrian army and a facility of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (CERS), near the town al-Safira.
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