Israel announces ground raid in Syria was conducted 'in recent months'
Israel announced Sunday that it carried out a special ground operation in Syria "in recent months," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
Israel announced Sunday that it carried out a special ground operation in Syria "in recent months," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
The IDF also said it detained an "Iranian terror network operative" during the mission, whom it identified as Ali Soleiman al-Assi. It accused the man of gathering intelligence about IDF troops along the border and transferred him to Israel for interrogation.
The IDF said al-Assi's arrest "prevented a future attack and led to the exposure of the operational methods of Iranian terror networks located near the Golan Heights."
"The IDF will continue to operate to defend the sovereignty of the State of Israel and will not allow Iranian proxies in southern Syria to operate and threaten Israeli civilians," it said.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets in government-controlled parts of war-torn Syria in recent years, but it rarely acknowledges or discusses them. The strikes often target Syrian forces or Iranian-backed groups.
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