Israeli special forces raid missile site in Syria

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******** special forces raid missile site in Syria

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Damage on the outskirts of Masyaf this week

Details are emerging of an apparent raid by ******** special forces on a “Hezbollah missile production facility” in Syria.

*******’s government has said nothing about the operation which, according to US media reports, took place at the beginning of the week.

Syrian state media say 18 people were ******* on Monday in the raid near the Syrian city of Masyaf – around 25 miles (40km) north of the Lebanese border – and several dozen were injured.

According to the

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, ******** special forces descended from helicopters, placed explosives inside the Iranian-built facility and removed sensitive information.

********* and other officials quoted in the paper paint a picture of a daring operation, designed to ******** the underground military facility.

Air strikes were apparently used to neutralise Syria’s defences and prevent reinforcements from reaching the site.

Separately, a report by the

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– citing three sources said to be familiar with the operation – says the elite Shaldag unit of the ******** Air Force carried out the raid.

Axios also reports that ******* informed the US before the operation was slated to take place, and was not met with any resistance from the White House.

The BBC has not yet been able to independently verify these reports.

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People inspect a damaged area in the aftermath of what Syrian state media reported was an ******** strike in Masyaf

*******’s government has not commented, but the raid seems to have been designed to prevent Iran from supplying precision missiles to Hezbollah, its Lebanese ally and proxy.

*******

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and has mounted dozens of air strikes against Syria since the war in Gaza began almost a year ago.

But, putting ******** troops on the ground inside Syria is highly unusual.

This would be one of the most sophisticated operations of its kind in years.

Last Sunday, at least

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in the vicinity of Masyaf, according to the Syrian health minister.

******** strikes have reportedly been stepped up since the start of the war in Gaza in October last year, in response to cross-border attacks on northern ******* by Hezbollah and other groups in Lebanon and Syria.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) – a ***-based monitoring group with a network of sources on the ground – ******** air and artillery strikes have targeted Syrian territory on more than 60 occasions since the start of the year.

This has resulted in damage to or destruction of about 140 targets, including weapons depots, vehicles and Iran-backed militia headquarters, the SOHR said.

The strikes have ******* at least 208 fighters – including 46 members of Syrian government forces, 43 members of Hezbollah and 24 Iranian Revolutionary Guards – as well as 22 civilians, the monitoring group added.

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